{"id":2177608,"date":"2024-02-15T19:41:02","date_gmt":"2024-02-16T00:41:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-calls-u-s-space-nuke-rumors-malicious-fabrication\/"},"modified":"2024-02-15T19:43:17","modified_gmt":"2024-02-16T00:43:17","slug":"russia-calls-u-s-space-nuke-rumors-malicious-fabrication","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-calls-u-s-space-nuke-rumors-malicious-fabrication\/","title":{"rendered":"Russia denies U.S. space nuke rumors as &#8216;false claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frussia-calls-u-s-space-nuke-rumors-malicious-fabrication%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2177608&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><\/figure>\n<p>OAN\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/tag\/brooke-mallory\">Brooke Mallory<\/a><br \/>4:39 \u200bPM \u2013 Thursday, February\u200d 15, 2024<\/p>\n<p>The United States\u2019 warning that \u200cRussia is developing nuclear weapons\u200d in space was dismissed by Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov on Thursday as a farce intended to scare Congress into providing more\u200d funding for Ukraine.<\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px; text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-3'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIt is obvious that the White House is trying, by hook or\u2064 by\u2063 crook, to \u2062encourage Congress to vote on a bill \u2064to allocate \u200bmoney; this \u2062is obvious,\u201d Peskov said. \u201cWe\u2019ll \u2063see what \u2063tricks the White House will\u200c use,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The \u2063White House\u2019s warning was also denounced as a \u201cmalicious fabrication\u201d \u200cby Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe have \u2064seen these \u2064reports. This\u200c is part of a trend that\u2063 has been\u2064 there for a decade, \u2064with the Americans making up \u2062malicious stories and ascribing to us some actions and \u2064intentions that they don\u2019t like,\u201d Ryabkov\u00a0told a Russian\u2064 media outlet.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cIn working with them, \u2063we keep telling them that groundless allegations of any kind will get no \u2062reaction from us. If \u200dthey make some claims, they should at least provide evidence,\u201d Ryabkov added, referencing\u2062 the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Like Peksov, \u2063Ryabkov declined to go into great \u2063detail on the White House claim until he had more information.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cSo we\u2019ll see how things will unfold in this regard. So far, we are \u200bjust monitoring what is being said there, on the\u2062 matter, that is, the official \u200dversions,\u201d he continued.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rep. Mike Turner (R-OH), \u2062the\u200c head of the House Intelligence Committee, warned of a \u201cserious national security threat\u201d\u200b on Wednesday and \u200brequested that President Joe Biden declassify any relevant material. This sparked the report that Ryabkov and Peskov were responding to.<\/p>\n<p>Turner had suggested\u200d that Russia was \u201cdeveloping a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/psaki-on-communist-china-obtaining-advanced-nuclear-capable-weapons-tech-we-welcome-stiff-competition\/\" title=\"Psaki On Communist China Obtaining Advanced, Nuclear-Capable Weapons Tech: \u2018We Welcome Stiff Competition\u2019\">nuclear-capable weapon<\/a> that could take\u2063 down U.S. satellites,\u201d according to U.S. officials who spoke with\u2064 CBS News.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, according to \u2064Russian authorities, there \u200cis no evidence that Russia has deployed any type\u200d of \u200bnuclear\u2064 weapons in space, despite claims made by U.S. officials.<\/p>\n<p>According to a \u200dU.S. \u2064official who spoke with CBS News, an \u200corbital weapon program could \u2062involve \u201ca \u2062series of Russian space launches known as Cosmos, many of\u200b which\u2063 carry\u2064 classified\u2063 Ministry \u2064of Defense \u200bpayloads.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cWe just want to assure everyone steady hands are at the wheel. We\u2019re working on it, and there\u2019s no\u200c need for alarm,\u201d said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA).<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Turner\u2019s warning\u2064 was met with skepticism by a number of space \u200cand nuclear experts contacted \u2064by <em>The Guardian<\/em> \u200don Wednesday. However,\u2062 Hans \u2064Kristensen of the Federation of\u200d American Scientists stated that a\u2064 credible threat could still be looming.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote\">\n<p>\u201cRussia \u200dhas \u200bbeen conducting several experiments\u200c with maneuvering satellites that might be designed to sabotage other satellites,\u201d Kristensen highlighted.\u2064 \u201cThe issue is not so much about an \u200dincreased nuclear weapons threat,\u2064 per se, but that it would \u200bincrease the threat against other countries\u2019 space-based nuclear command and control assets. It would \u200dbe highly destabilizing,\u201d he concluded.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stay \u2064informed! Receive breaking news blasts directly to your \u2062inbox for free. Subscribe here. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts\">https:\/\/www.oann.com\/alerts<\/a><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"rc-widget-10bad2\" data-rc-widget data-widget-host=\"habitat\" data-endpoint=\"\/\/trends.revcontent.com\" data-widget-id=\"278641\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"dpsp-share-text\" style=\"margin-bottom:10px\"> \t\t \t\tShare this post!\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Chairman of\u2064 the House Oversight\u2064 Committee and Kentucky\u200c Congressman James Comer says that having the \u2063closed \u2062door interview with former \u2063Hunter Biden associate Tony Bobulinski <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton\u00a0lays our his plan to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-pushed-doj-officials-to-back-claims-that-the-election-was-stolen-documents-show\/\" title=\"Trump Pushed DOJ Officials To Back Claims That The Election Was Stolen, Documents Show\">investigate voter fraud claims<\/a> in Texas.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Kim Klacik<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>with Amy Peikoff<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Shares \u2062of smaller \u200bAI \u2063firms rallied after Nvidia disclosed\u2064 stake in them.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia briefly displaced Alphabet as the U.S. stock market\u2019s third most valuable company.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Hackers from \u2063Russia,\u200c China, \u200dand Iran have been using tools from OpenAI to hone their \u200bskills and \u2064trick their targets.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Nvidia\u00a0briefly surpassed \u200cAmazon.com Inc\u00a0in market \u200dcapitalization on Monday.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> rnrn  <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062What evidence or\u200c lack thereof do\u2063 Russian authorities cite to refute the US \u200bofficials&#8217; claims about nuclear weapons in space<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Title: Russia Dismisses US Warning of Nuclear Weapons\u2062 in Space as\u2064 Political Maneuvering<\/p>\n<p>Introduction:<\/p>\n<p>The United States&#8217; \u200crecent warning about Russia&#8217;s alleged development of nuclear weapons \u200bin \u2063space has been met with skepticism and denunciation\u2064 by Russian officials. \u2064Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov and\u2062 Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov\u200d have dismissed the claims as fabricated and politically motivated. This article examines their responses and analyzes the \u200bongoing tensions\u200d between the two nations regarding space \u2064weaponization.<\/p>\n<p>Russia&#8217;s Response to \u2062US Warning:<\/p>\n<p>Kremlin spokesperson Dmitry Peskov denounced the \u200bUS warning as a ploy to secure \u200badditional funding for Ukraine and \u200bto influence Congress&#8217;s decision-making.\u200d He accused the White House\u200d of resorting\u200d to desperate measures and stated\u2062 that \u200bRussia would closely\u200d monitor the situation, emphasizing the need for evidence\u2062 to support the allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergey Ryabkov echoed Peskov&#8217;s sentiments,\u2062 labeling the US warning as \u200dpart \u200bof a long-standing trend \u200dof malign narratives aimed at destabilizing Russia.\u2063 Ryabkov emphasized that groundless allegations \u200bwould not elicit any response from Moscow and called on the Biden\u200b administration to provide evidence for their claims.<\/p>\n<p>US Congressman&#8217;s Concern:<\/p>\n<p>Representative Mike \u200cTurner, head \u2062of the \u200bHouse Intelligence Committee, expressed grave concerns over what he deemed a &#8220;serious\u200b national \u2063security \u2064threat.&#8221; Turner requested \u200dPresident Joe Biden to declassify relevant information regarding Russia&#8217;s alleged development of \u2063a nuclear-capable\u200d weapon capable of targeting\u200c US satellites.<\/p>\n<p>Russian\u2064 Denial and Lack \u2064of Evidence:<\/p>\n<p>Russian authorities fervently denied any deployment of \u200cnuclear \u200cweapons in \u200dspace and refuted U.S. officials&#8217; claims. While\u200c an anonymous U.S. official mentioned the possibility of\u200b an orbital weapon program under \u2064the Russian\u200c Cosmos\u200c project, Russian \u200bauthorities stressed \u2063that no evidence existed to substantiate these allegations.<\/p>\n<p>Skepticism and \u200dCautious Experts:<\/p>\n<p>Various experts in the field of space and nuclear weaponry \u2062responded to Turner&#8217;s warning with skepticism. However, \u200bHans Kristensen \u2062from\u2063 the\u200b Federation of American Scientists acknowledged that a\u2062 credible threat \u2062could \u200cpotentially emerge despite the\u200d skepticism. This \u2062highlights the need for vigilance and \u2064diplomatic \u2063engagement between the two nations.<\/p>\n<p>Conclusion:<\/p>\n<p>The intensifying tensions between the United\u2064 States and Russia \u200cregarding the alleged development of nuclear \u2064weapons in space emphasize\u2064 the importance\u2063 of evidence-based claims and diplomatic dialogue. While the Russian government has dismissed the allegations as politically motivated fabrications, the\u2064 concerns \u2063expressed \u2063by US officials \u200bunderline the \u2063need for\u2064 transparency\u2062 and clear\u200c evidence. The \u2062situation necessitates continued monitoring \u200cand international \u200ccooperation\u200d to ensure the peaceful and\u2064 responsible exploration of space.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Or by crook, to manipulate public opinion and secure financial support for Ukraine,&#8221; said Peskov, dismissing the US claim of Russian space-based nuclear weapons as a mere ploy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1866,"featured_media":2177609,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1247610062.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[542],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2177608","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-oann"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/c3.oann.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/GettyImages-1247610062.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177608","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1866"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2177608"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177608\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2177609"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2177608"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2177608"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2177608"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}