![]() ![]() So here, we need to slow down and explain what that means, why it’s so alarming, why nukes would ever be in space. And when it did that, it would be used to target United States surveillance satellites. ![]() The intelligence that our “New York Times” colleagues have collected is that Russia is preparing to put a weapon in space that would blow up a nuclear device. michael barbaroĪnd what exactly was this new kind of military threat? eric lipton Reporters heard that this had to do with Russia and with a new type of military threat. And pretty quickly - archived recordingĬongressman Turner is referring to a foreign military capability, and that foreign military is the Russian military. And it immediately set off a scramble of national security reporters to try to figure out what that message meant. I’m requesting that President Biden declassify all information relating to this threat so that Congress, the administration - eric liptonĪnd so he didn’t really tell us what this was about, but he - michael barbaro And it was an unusual kind of a statement from the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee. that he had information, concerning a serious national security threat. Today, the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence has made available to all members of Congress information - eric lipton Well, Representative Mike Turner, who’s chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, put out a message, saying - archived recording (andrew craft) I actually watched it unfold on social media in real time, and it started with a very cryptic message from a member of Congress. But, as my colleague, Eric Lipton, explains, their real worry is that America could lose the battle for military supremacy in space.Įric, this story began in a pretty unusual way. Today, US officials now acknowledge a growing fear that Russia may be trying to put a nuclear weapon into Earth’s orbit. michael barbaroįrom “New York Times,” I’m Michael Barbaro. It was the voice of reporter Andrew Craft of Fox News, not Mr. An earlier version of this transcript misidentified the speaker reading portions of Representative Mike Turner’s letter warning of a national security threat. ![]() Please review the episode audio before quoting from this transcript and email with any questions. While it has been reviewed by human transcribers, it may contain errors. This transcript was created using speech recognition software. Transcript An Arms Race Quietly Unfolds in Space After warnings that Russia could put a nuclear weapon into orbit, the U.S. ![]()
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