PinnacleOne Alert | Russian Space-Based Nuclear Anti-Satellite Weapon

Key Takeaways

• Russia is likely developing, but has not fully deployed, a nuclear-weapon based anti-satellite system (which would be a treaty violation).


• This system would threaten to destroy wide swaths of military and commercial systems in low and medium earth orbit, create ground effects, and complicate strategic deterrence.


• The USG is peeling back the curtain, slightly, on the increasing weaponization of space to alert the broader public to the consequences to economic and geopolitical stability.


• Firms should incorporate assessments of …

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