The militarization of space by Russia, ready to send a nuclear weapon into orbit . According to the New York Times, this would be the "serious threat to national security" that the head of the US House Intelligence Committee, Republican Mike Turner, spoke about yesterday.
A Star Wars scenario, Moscow is attempting to develop an anti-satellite nuclear weapon in space . Capabilities not yet deployed, the NYT specifies, but under development
Another threat indicated by Politico is the 3 M22 Zirkon hypersonic missile, with a range between 400 and 1,000 km and can fly at a speed of 9,800 km per hour, evading defense systems and hitting naval and ground targets . Vectors that only Moscow has available to date.
“I will demand that President Joe Biden declassify all information regarding this threat so that Congress, the Administration, and all of our allies can openly discuss the actions necessary to respond to this threat,” Turner wrote on X. For a few hours the frost has fallen in Washington and throughout the country, plunged into a surreal psychosis of immediate danger that ranged from terrorism to unprecedented war scenarios .
Questions also arose at the White House briefing, where national security advisor Jake Sullivan said he was "surprised" by Turner's public advances when a meeting with the "Gang of Eight" is already scheduled for today. Congressional leaders who are briefed on classified intelligence matters. While refusing to go into detail, Sullivan avoided alarmism. Ditto the speaker of the House Mike Johnson, one of the “Gang of Eight”: «The hands are still on the wheel. We are working on it and there is no need to be alarmed." "It is a serious issue but not an immediate crisis" , echoed - on condition of anonymity - a member of the House intelligence committee.
However, curiosity remained and speculation flourished in the media. First of all on why Turner, a moderate Republican, issued a public warning about information that had been known to the committee for at least a week. Some have speculated that he wanted to warn about Moscow's progress in space to convince the most reluctant of his party colleagues to approve the aid package for Kiev which has already passed the Senate .
The Kremlin for its part denies the rumours, stating that it is "another White House ploy". "It is obvious - said spokesman Dmitry Peskov - that the White House is trying, by hook or by crook, to push Congress to vote in favor of the proposal to allocate money for aid to Ukraine ."
(Unioneonline)
