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Rep. Mike Turner: US facing ‘Cuban Missile Crisis in space’ as Russia plots anti-satellite nukes

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America is on the brink of a new Cuban Missile Crisis — this time in space — as Russia develops nuclear anti-satellite armaments while the Biden administration twiddles its thumbs, House Intelligence Committee Chairman Mike Turner said Thursday.

Turner (R-Ohio) called on President Biden to crank up the pressure to prevent Moscow from launching the weapon — which could wipe out everything from GPS to cell service and the internet, eliminating many of the conveniences of modern life — during an event at the Center for Strategic and International Studies in the nation’s capital.

“The Space Age began when Russia launched Sputnik in 1957. The eyes of the world turned to the sky and wondered how space and technology would now change life on Earth,” he said. “The Space Age will end when Russia launches its nuclear anti-satellite weapon into orbit.”

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