An Arms Race Quietly Unfolds in Space

U.S. officials have acknowledged a growing fear that Russia may be trying to put a nuclear weapon into orbit.


Eric Lipton, an investigative reporter for The Times, explains that their real worry is that America could lose the battle for military supremacy in space.


Guest: Eric Lipton (https://www.nytimes.com/by/eric-lipto...) , an investigative reporter for The New York Times.


Background reading: 

• The U.S. warned its allies that Russia could put a nuclear weapon into orbit this year (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/21/wo...) .
• The Pentagon is in the early stages of a program to put constellations of smaller and cheaper satellites (https://www.nytimes.com/2024/02/15/us...) into orbit to counter space-based threats of the sort being developed by Russia and China.

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