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Officials say ‘space-based’ weapon under development but not yet deployed is not immediate threat to anyone’s safety

The White House has confirmed that it is monitoring a new Russian anti-satellite weapon which it said is being developed but not yet deployed, calling it “troubling” but not an immediate threat to anyone’s safety.

The national security spokesperson, John Kirby, would not directly confirm or deny reports that the new Russian weapon was nuclear, but he did say it was “space-based” and that it violated the 1967 Outer Space Treaty, which prohibits the deployment in space of nuclear weapons or other weapons of mass destruction.

Kirby was briefing reporters at the White House amid a wave of speculation following cryptic comments about the new threat by the Republican chair of the House intelligence committee, Mike Turner.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Isn't this the entire purpose of spaceforce? Surely if they have any job at all it's protecting orbital assets and monitoring threats to same, right?

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

It is entirely their purpose, but you will never know about it publicly. Everything related to space is classified to the highest degree at this point in time.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I feel like every single year just gets worse than the last. Very possible it could be as simple as more widespread social media, but 2015 seemed much less scary.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 months ago

We're definitely past peak social media, for that matter, considering we're out here on the edges of the fediverse

[–] gmtom 9 points 6 months ago

Plenty of people talk about the disastrous long term affects of a nuclear war, or even a war with chemical weapons, but not enough attention os given to the disastrous possibility of a "conventional war" where one or both sides try to take out satellite communications or observation sats, it would really only take a handful to start the chain reaction that seals us in this tomb of a planet forever while we destroy the environment and make it inhospitable for ourselves.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

If anything starts Kessler syndrome, I'd bet it'd be a stupid unnecessary a-sat test.

[–] Death_Equity 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

The good news is that we can clear the debris field with numerous nuclear bombs without consequences.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

really? how so?

[–] [email protected] 0 points 6 months ago

Isn't Leo a-bombs how you get an EMP? That also sounds like a bad idea.

[–] HurlingDurling 6 points 6 months ago

Who had "Cold War 2: Atomic Boogaloo" in their 2024 bingo cards?

[–] dhork 5 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 children)

Wait, so even the "Jewish Space Lasers" bit was all just projection?

[–] ghostdoggtv 1 points 6 months ago

Not projection but deflection. Greene has always behaved like a Russian asset.

[–] PeterPoopshit 3 points 6 months ago

The inverse of operation star wars

[–] SteefLem -1 points 6 months ago

Someone needs more money i guess