Experts believe it is theoretically possible to place nuclear weapons in space

As military expert of the Arsenal of the Fatherland magazine Dmitry Drozdenko explained, “theoretically and practically this is possible.”

“It is possible to cause damage to some space objects using nuclear weapons in space. But again, if we are talking about satellites, then they are in different orbits... That is, some are in geostationary orbit. It's very far away. There are near orbits. To hit all the satellites, you need to seed these orbits with nuclear weapons. And plus, satellites use special equipment, microcircuits, that are protected from such electromagnetic influence. I believe that there is a technical possibility, but... they recognized that, at a minimum, it is pointless and merciless,” the specialist said.

In turn, the director of the MGIMO Center for Military-Political Studies, Alexey Podberezkin, recalled the Convention on the Non-Placement of Nuclear Weapons in Outer Space.

“We didn’t break the law, we didn’t break the contract... Of course, (placement -

) is possible, but why? Those systems of strategic offensive weapons that have now appeared, in particular hyperweapons, they go through near and far space. Any ballistic missile travels along a ballistic trajectory into near space. But we are talking about not placing strike space nuclear weapons on space objects. No one posts this, no one does this,” the analyst concluded.

Earlier, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov said that Western media publications that talk about Russia’s alleged plans to place nuclear weapons in space are another White House ploy.

ABC reported that information about Russia's plans to "place nuclear weapons in space" was brought to the attention of US lawmakers at a secret briefing.