Putin says Russia has no intention of putting nuclear weapons in space
(abcnews.go.com)
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Because they already put space lasers up there
Putin is correct. It is a lousy idea from the standpoint of operational security of control. You don't just let nuclear warheads float around in orbit, willy-nilly.
It was supposedly an anti-satellite weapon. Tactically and strategically doesn’t make sense.
Easier to conduct a direct-ascent attack. No warning. All happens within 200 seconds.
Nuclear weapons in space wouldn't work anyway because there is no oxygen in space to produce the explosions. Rep Mike Turner is a idiot for even suggesting space nukes.
I think the idea was firing nuke weapons from space on to the targets on land.
Even if that was the idea, they would still burn up before reaching land.
Not necessarily, detonation upon impact.
You should maybe not comment on things you can’t comprehend and don’t understand.
No. In the 1960s, the Soviets tested a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS). It delivered a re-entry vehicle to a very-low altitude orbit and would de-orbit to engage a ground target in the usual manner of a nuclear warhead.
Oxygen has no role in a NUCLEAR detonation. They have two effects: (1) an electromagnetic pulse, and (2) an X-ray "slap" that can physically damage space objects.