by Stephen Bryen at Weapons and Strategy
In December, 2018 I wrote an article for Asia Times discussing Russia’s Avangard fractional orbiting nuclear weapon system.
Today’s revelation suggesting that Russia intends to deploy a space based nuclear weapon has elicited demands that the Biden administration tell the American people what the intelligence reports say, and that the information should all be declassified.
We now await a decision on this by Biden’s National Security Council. Jake Sullivan, the President’s National Security Advisor, is preparing to brief Members of Congress on the Intelligence Committee. At the same time it is reported that all congressmen and women have been informed in messages. Exactly what the administration’s information is, and how big a threat we face, is not yet clear.
If, in fact, we are speaking of the Avangard, Russia’s hypersonic, fractional orbiting system, or anything similar. then it is a threat the United States should have previously taken seriously and should have put in place programs to counter it.
There also may be an espionage aspect to the story. The Russians have arrested a number…
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