America says Russia can put nuclear bomb in space by the end of the year

usa has informed its allies that Russia may place a nuclear bomb in outer space This year itself. This has been informed by the government Joe Biden To his colleagues, as the Bloomberg news agency reported this Tuesday. This news is another step in the drama that unfolded a week ago by the Republican congressman mike turner After holding a closed-door meeting with members of Joe Biden’s team, He broke the unwritten rules of that type of meeting And asked the executive on the social network to make public “all information” in this regard, given the seriousness of the threat.

This is how Americans – or, better, Washingtonians, because people outside the capital didn’t know – came to A state of concern about what Russia is doing. The surprise was greater when, instead of being outraged at Johnson’s apparent breach of confidentiality, the National Security Council alleged that it was a space-based weapon that runs on nuclear energy, well, it is a nuclear bomb. . The second option seemed more likely, as the late Soviet Union was already using nuclear-powered spy satellites like the infamous Cosmos-954, Which spread radioactivity in a 600 kilometer strip of boreal forest. Two other similar devices fell in the Pacific Ocean in 1973 and in the South Atlantic in 1983.

However, the placement of nuclear weapons in space is clearly Prohibited by the Outer Space Treaty, Signed in 1967 between the United States, the Soviet Union, and the United Kingdom, and 136 countries have since joined.

Russia has denied this information. And the White House insisted that whatever the equipment was, it was not operational. and democratic congressman Jim Hines He settled the discussion with a “No need to buy gold”, Thus the ‘survivalists’ are being made fun of, that is, Americans who are waiting for the world to end at any moment, in anticipation of which they always have a stock of gold in case money is not accepted.

However, things are changing now. Washington says Russia could have the capability to place nuclear weapons in space before the end of 2024, though it has also said An important nuance: It’s possible that the bombs Vladimir Putin’s regime puts into orbit are not real nuclear bombs, but imitations. This would fit perfectly within Putin’s “Potemkin strategy”, which takes its name from the Russian Prime Minister’s stunt. gregory potemkin To build a fake town in Crimea to impress his mistress, Empress Catherine II – like a movie set, with actors playing peasants.

Potemkin was Who conquered Crimea for the kings, He therefore wanted to impress the queen not only with his sexuality but also with his imperial skills, although it is possible that this episode never occurred. Today the region is part of Ukraine, although since 2014 it has been occupied by Russia.