Biden confirmed data on Russia's plans for nuclear weapons in space: is there a threat to Americans

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Joe Biden made a statement after information about the death of Russian opposition politician Alexei Navalny. The American leader said that Putin is responsible for the death of Navalny.

In the context of threats from Putin's Russia, Biden responded to a question about the Kremlin wanting to put nuclear weapons into space. The US President answered the question of what the Biden administration plans to do in response to this.

What Biden said about Russian nuclear weapons in space

There is no nuclear threat to the American people from what Russia is doing now, said Joe Biden.

He also said that everything Russia does or can do concerns satellites in space.

“Thirdly, there is no evidence that , that they decided to promote it somehow in space,” the American leader explained.

The US President said that even if they were able to launch some systems into space, then this could theoretically pose a threat.

“But that hasn’t happened yet, and I hope it won’t,” Biden assured.

What is known about Russia's plans for nuclear weapons in space

• Foreign media wrote that US intelligence is linked to Russia's desire to send nuclear weapons into space.
• The White House admitted that the national security of the United States is threatened by the anti-satellite program, which is being developed by the Kremlin.
• White House National Security Council Coordinator John Kirby noted that we are talking about a “threat to national security” from Russia, which was reported before.
• Kirby explained that the threat related to Russia's potential testing of nuclear weapons in space, but assured that it did not refer to weapons that could be used to attack people or cause physical destruction on the ground.