Whether for anti satellite warfare or EMP effects, this does have the potential to be a big deal, since the West would rely so heavily on networked assets during a war.
Although I think the timing of this leak is suspect, given the standstill by the House GOP regarding the Ukrainian aid package, there is only one way to read Russia’s intent:
Even though they claim to not have any plans to further engage the West militarily, they are actively preparing to do exactly that.
Don’t understand the threat part, this isn’t anything new.. timing is strange also. I’m not getting the hype
Our government can be a little dramatic .
China has been taking to a couple of African countries about building naval base on the Atlantic coast of Africa .
Several members of congress lost their minds over that one a couple of weeks ago .
You would think China was putting a base in Cuba and taking over the entire Atlantic ocean , the way they act
.
No, the only threat is them. GOP=Gouverment Of Pootin!
Reagan’s star wars is back! Pew pew pew
Well then send help to Ukraine so they can finish them ruzzians off!
Given the calls to declassify the US Intel and the seeming urgency of this, it might be as a way of getting public (and world governmental) ‘approval’ to take it out if they have already launched one up there.
If Russia had the ability to put nuclear weapons in space, they would have done it already. Their last nuclear test was 1990. The army didn’t get socks until 2010. How many times has putin threatened to drop nuclear bombs on Ukraine.
Not sure why the Russians would think this is a good idea, but that’s the problem when you’re dealing with irrational people who are prone to overestimating their abilities.
If the Russians want a nuclear weapon in space, it is likely because they think it will give them some sort of advantage- possibly an intimidation factor.
They want this advantage, because they think it will allow them to intimidate the West into letting them win a war. The Russians have a tendency to overestimate what their nuclear weapons can accomplish.
This means that they are likely to start a war -possibly with nuclear weapons- in the misguided belief that they can intimidate the West into surrendering without suffering any retaliation.
As we’ve seen with Ukraine, once the Russians start a war under mistaken assumptions- they are likely to keep doubling down rather than cutting their losses early.
Hopefully republicans can save face and pretend space force was their idea the whole time so we can oppose Russia together
It’s all part of their game with Russia. They (the GOP) need help preventing the aid for Ukraine going through, so Russia conveniently gives them another crisis so everyone can point there and say: see, we need money for this, we can’t afford Ukraine.
Stop being daft.
So when do we find out that Musk was told of this 2 or 3 years ago and this is why he’s been so anti-Ukraine?
Elon is ready to assist them.
The GOP is a national security threat.
No big deal. We have Space Ghost!
If they wanna put nukes in space, I vote we put rods of god up there. Try stopping a 5 ton titanium rod falling at terminal velocity.
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More on this subject from other reputable sources:
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– BBC Online (A-): [Top Republican warns of ‘serious’ national security threat](https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-68296879?at_bbc_team=editorial&at_campaign=Social_Flow&at_campaign_type=owned&at_format=link&at_link_id=B8BD3EE0-CB6D-11EE-922C-C1DE4B3AC5C4&at_link_origin=BBCWorld&at_link_type=web_link&at_medium=social&at_pt)
– Reuters (A): [US congressional intelligence chair warns of ‘serious national security threat’](https://www.reuters.com/world/us/us-congressional-intelligence-chair-warns-serious-national-security-threat-2024-02-14/)
– NBC News (B): [House Intel chair warns of ‘serious national security threat’ ahead of planned White House briefing](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/house-intel-chair-warns-serious-national-security-threat-ahead-planned-rcna138848)
– Associated Press (A-): [House Intelligence Committee chair warns of a serious national security threat](https://apnews.com/article/congress-national-security-6a4497fc2d74ebbe2ab3483ba43e09b3?amp;utm_medium=AP&utm_source=Twitter)
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Whether for anti satellite warfare or EMP effects, this does have the potential to be a big deal, since the West would rely so heavily on networked assets during a war.
Although I think the timing of this leak is suspect, given the standstill by the House GOP regarding the Ukrainian aid package, there is only one way to read Russia’s intent:
Even though they claim to not have any plans to further engage the West militarily, they are actively preparing to do exactly that.
Don’t understand the threat part, this isn’t anything new.. timing is strange also. I’m not getting the hype
Our government can be a little dramatic .
China has been taking to a couple of African countries about building naval base on the Atlantic coast of Africa .
Several members of congress lost their minds over that one a couple of weeks ago .
You would think China was putting a base in Cuba and taking over the entire Atlantic ocean , the way they act
.
No, the only threat is them. GOP=Gouverment Of Pootin!
Reagan’s star wars is back! Pew pew pew
Well then send help to Ukraine so they can finish them ruzzians off!
The worrying thing about this is the timing.
[https://russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft-military-soyuz2-1v-2024-0209.html](https://russianspaceweb.com/spacecraft-military-soyuz2-1v-2024-0209.html)
Russia launched a classified satellite days ago.
Given the calls to declassify the US Intel and the seeming urgency of this, it might be as a way of getting public (and world governmental) ‘approval’ to take it out if they have already launched one up there.
If Russia had the ability to put nuclear weapons in space, they would have done it already. Their last nuclear test was 1990. The army didn’t get socks until 2010. How many times has putin threatened to drop nuclear bombs on Ukraine.
Not sure why the Russians would think this is a good idea, but that’s the problem when you’re dealing with irrational people who are prone to overestimating their abilities.
If the Russians want a nuclear weapon in space, it is likely because they think it will give them some sort of advantage- possibly an intimidation factor.
They want this advantage, because they think it will allow them to intimidate the West into letting them win a war. The Russians have a tendency to overestimate what their nuclear weapons can accomplish.
This means that they are likely to start a war -possibly with nuclear weapons- in the misguided belief that they can intimidate the West into surrendering without suffering any retaliation.
As we’ve seen with Ukraine, once the Russians start a war under mistaken assumptions- they are likely to keep doubling down rather than cutting their losses early.
Hopefully republicans can save face and pretend space force was their idea the whole time so we can oppose Russia together
It’s all part of their game with Russia. They (the GOP) need help preventing the aid for Ukraine going through, so Russia conveniently gives them another crisis so everyone can point there and say: see, we need money for this, we can’t afford Ukraine.
Stop being daft.
So when do we find out that Musk was told of this 2 or 3 years ago and this is why he’s been so anti-Ukraine?
Elon is ready to assist them.
The GOP is a national security threat.
No big deal. We have Space Ghost!
If they wanna put nukes in space, I vote we put rods of god up there. Try stopping a 5 ton titanium rod falling at terminal velocity.