02/15/2024

A Russian Space Weapon

This 'serious national security threat’ is upending D.C.

Russia is reportedly planning to put a nuclear weapon in space, according to multiple news outlets Thursday, revealing what the cryptic "serious national security threat" the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee warned about in a statement on Wednesday was referencing.

Rep. Mike Turner, (R-OH) who heads the panel, publicly requested President Joe Biden declassify information about the threat, offering no additional details but writing in a letter to congressional colleagues that the urgent matter is "with regard to a destabilizing foreign military capability."

By Wednesday afternoon, House members were seen shuffling into a secure meeting space in the basement of the Capitol to review the classified information, while Biden Administration national security adviser Jake Sullivan, said at a White House press briefing that he was "a bit surprised" by Turner's statement, noting that he had already reached out to top leaders from the House and Senate—known as the Gang of Eight—earlier this week and had a personal briefing planned for Thursday.

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