Russia Is At The Center Of A U.n. Debate Over Banning Nuclear Weapons In Orbit

Jacqueline Feldsher, Fast Company
Thu, 05/09/2024 - 5:06am

Detonating a nuclear weapon in space would “render low-Earth orbit unusable for a certain amount of time,” one official says. Russia went toe to toe with the rest of the world on Monday at the U.N. General Assembly, where officials overwhelmingly condemned Moscow’s veto last month of a measure reaffirming that nuclear weapons would not be placed in orbit.

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