U.S. President Joe Biden promised the American public that there was no nuclear threat to the United States. POTUS made his remarks amid the growing concerns regarding Russia's space-based weapon.
Recently, a senior House Republican claimed that the Russian government has a space-based weapon that's armed with a nuclear weapon to target satellites.
The American official issued warnings regarding a "serious national security threat" against the U.S. But, Joe Biden reassured that this isn't true. Here's what he said.
Joe Biden Promises There's No Nuclear Threat To US
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks during a campaign event at Montgomery County Community College January 5, 2024 in Blue Bell, Pennsylvania.
During his speech at the White House, U.S. President Joe Biden was asked if he was concerned about the Russian space-based weapon with anti-satellite capabilities. He confidently answered that there's no nuclear threat to the U.S. even though the Kremlin is considering using an anti-satellite capability.
"First of all, there is no nuclear threat to the people of America or anywhere else in the world with what Russia is doing at the moment, No. 1," said Joe Biden via NBC News.
"No. 2, anything they're doing or they will do relates to satellites in space and damaging those satellites potentially," added the American president.
Biden also provided a third reason, saying that there's no evidence that the Russian government made a decision to go forward with anything in space either.
Joe Biden's remarks regarding the Russian space-based nuclear weapon came after Jake Sullivan commented about it as well.
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Should US Be Concerned About Russia's Space-Based Weapon?
This pool photograph distributed by Russian state owned agency Sputnik shows Russia's President Vladimir Putin visiting the Rocket and Space Corporation (RSC) Energia in Korolyov, outside Moscow, on October 26, 2023.
White House spokesman John Kirby denied confirming that the space-based technology of Russia is a nuclear weapon that is designed to take down satellites or conduct interferences, as reported by BBC News.
Aside from John Kirby, other experts who specialize in international space relations and warfare also claim that there's nothing to worry about. One of them is Dr. Bleddyn Bowen of the University of Leicester.
"It's so vague and cryptic, it could be a number of different things. [But] no matter what they are, none of them are a big deal, to be honest. Everyone needs to calm down about this," explained Dr. Bowen.
"They did this in the 1960s and in the 1970s and found out it's not actually very useful, and it's very expensive," he argued.
Aside from these, other experts said that using space-based nuclear weapons also have drawbacks. One of these is being vulnerable to attacks from other nations.
