U.S. officials have reportedly warned that Moscow could launch an anti-satellite nuclear weapon into orbit this year, a potentially devastating capability that sent shockwaves nationwide though ...

Later in the day, it was confirmed that Russia had destroyed one of its old satellites in a test of an anti-satellite weapon. Wendy Whitman Cobb is a space security researcher. She explains what ...

In February, President Vladimir Putin and then-Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu denied US claims that Russia was working on a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon. The deployment of nuclear ...

“That’s been on the books. So I am a bit surprised that ... In 2020, Russia tested a space-based anti-satellite weapon with sophisticated orbital capabilities that could have a dual purpose ...

Moscow still needs to complete its work on an anti-satellite weapon with nuclear technology — the threat flagged this week in intelligence circulating on Capitol Hill. And it is not clear Moscow ...

The Biden administration recently issued direct warnings to the Russian government against deploying a nuclear-capable anti-satellite weapon, U.S. officials confirmed to CBS News. The warning was ...

dimazel – stock.adobe.com Although not a weapon itself, Cosmos 2553 was believed to aid Russia’s development of a nuclear anti-satellite weapon. The Cosmos is one of dozens of Russia’s ...

A senior Defense Department official told lawmakers Wednesday that Russia is developing an “indiscriminate” anti-satellite nuclear ... ultimately fly a nuclear weapon in space which will ...

Pieces of a shattered Soviet-era satellite are visible in new telescope images after its destruction by a Russian anti-satellite weapons test ... Her latest book, "Why Am I Taller?" ...

Since the revelations in February that Russia has been developing a nuclear-armed anti-satellite weapon, much of the U.S. government’s efforts in response have focused on trying to prevent ...

The 5-year-old U.S. Space Force is moving quickly to confront what is becoming its priority challenge: the threat of anti-satellite weapons (ASATs) from foreign adversaries, including Russia and ...