OAN’s Brooke Mallory
4:39pm – Thursday, February 15, 2024
A US warning that Russia is developing nuclear weapons in space was dismissed on Thursday by Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as a farce meant to scare Congress into giving Ukraine more funding.
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“It’s clear that the White House is trying to encourage Congress to vote on the funding bill. This is clear,” Peskov said. “Let’s see what tricks the White House will use,” he continued.
Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also condemned the rumor as a “malicious fabrication.”
“We saw these reports. This is part of a trend that has been going on for a decade, where Americans are making up malicious stories and attributing to us actions and intentions that they don’t like.” Ryabkov told Russian media.
“In working with them, we keep telling them that baseless allegations of any kind will not get any response. If they make any allegations, at least provide evidence. Should,” Ryabkov added, referring to the Biden administration.
Like Peksov, Ryabkov declined to elaborate on the White House’s claims until more information is available.
“Therefore, let’s see how things develop in this regard. So far, we are only monitoring what is said there regarding this issue, that is, the official version.” he continued.
Rep. Mike Turner (R-Ohio), chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, warned Wednesday of a “grave national security threat” and called on President Joe Biden to declassify related materials.
This led to a report to which Mr. Ryabkov and Mr. Peskov responded.
According to U.S. officials interviewed, Turner hinted that Russia was “developing nuclear weapons capable of destroying American satellites.” CBS News.
But Russian officials say there is no evidence that Russia has deployed nuclear weapons of any kind in space, even though U.S. officials claim otherwise.
According to U.S. officials who spoke, CBS Newsthe orbital weapons program “could include a series of Russian space launches known as Kosmos, many of which carry classified Defense Department payloads.”
“We just want to make sure everyone is on the wheel. We’re working on it and there’s no cause for alarm,” said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Louisiana). .
Turner’s warning was met with skepticism by many space and nuclear experts who contacted the government. guardian on wednesday. Nevertheless, Hans Christensen of the Federation of American Scientists said there may still be a credible threat on the horizon.
“Russia has conducted several experiments piloting satellites that may have been designed to jam other satellites,” Christensen stressed. “The issue is not the increased threat of nuclear weapons per se, but the increased threat to nuclear command and control assets in other countries’ space bases. That would be highly destabilizing,” he concluded. I attached it.
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