Russia's Bid for an Orbiting Nuclear Weapon Highlights a New Space Race.

SPACE race; NUCLEAR weapons; ORBITS (Astronomy); RUSSIAN invasion of Ukraine, 2022-; AEROSPACE engineering

Russia is developing an anti-satellite space weapon, according to US intelligence. However, President Joe Biden has stated that the weapon does not pose a nuclear threat to Earth and may never be deployed. The revelation highlights the growing competition among the US, Russia, and China to develop attack and counter-attack capabilities in space, raising concerns about potential space wars. While the US is seen as the most advanced in space technology, China and Russia are also developing systems to target US and allied satellites. The US has responded by launching a new constellation of satellites to track potential threats. [Extracted from the article]

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