Secretary of State Antony Blinken will meet with his Chinese and Indian counterparts at a conference in Munich, Germany, on Friday and Saturday, and will discuss keeping nuclear weapons out of space with Russian officials, according to the New York Times. He said he tried to persuade him to do so.
Blinken told Chinese and Indian officials that a nuclear weapon detonation in space targeting a U.S. satellite would also damage Chinese and Indian satellites, cutting off global communications. according to To the New York Times. U.S. officials' concerns about Russia's potential use of nuclear weapons in space come as it was revealed to the public on Wednesday that the country possesses new nuclear capabilities that pose a “grave national security threat.” This is based on the information received. (Related: Days after President Trump denounces the alliance, NATO members suddenly poised to meet military spending goals)
In a meeting with officials from multiple countries, Blinken “stressed that the pursuit of this capability should be a matter of concern,” the State Department said in a statement, according to the NYT. “He will continue to raise this issue at additional sessions of the Munich Security Council.”
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According to the NYT, placing nuclear weapons in space would violate more than 50 years of treaties that have previously prevented the proliferation of weapons in the region. In addition to communications concerns, Blinken warned that debris from a possible nuclear explosion could threaten low-Earth orbit navigation and jeopardize further satellite operations.
According to the NYT, Mr. Blinken believed Russia would be more likely to listen to them than the United States because Russian President Vladimir Putin despises Russia, and the two officials I met with the person. Russia has been launching military satellites since early 2022, when the invasion of Ukraine first began.
According to the NYT, representatives from both China and India at the meeting accepted this information, and Chinese officials repeated typical statements about how important it is to maintain peaceful uses of outer space.
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