Should The U.S. be Concerned Putin & Russia Might Have Nukes in Space?

Are the Russians developing space-based nuclear weapons? Tommy Vietor speaks with James Acton, co-director of the Nuclear Policy Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace about the news that members of Congress want this potential national security threat discussed in public. Tommy and James analyze how plausible it is that the Russian nuclear program could deploy into space, and go into detail on the advantages and risks that a nuclear bomb or reactor in orbit would have from a military perspective.

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