House Intelligence chair blasts White House over Russia’s space nuke threat

June 24, 2024

Space News

House Intelligence Committee Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) is ripping into the Biden administration for not being more transparent about intelligence on Russia’s purported development of a space-based nuclear weapon.

Turner, speaking June 20 at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, accused the White House of withholding details about the status of the Russian anti-satellite weapon program, which he described as the modern-day equivalent of the Cuban Missile Crisis.

“If you’re not using intelligence to impact the outcome then intelligence has no value,” Turner said. “We need the administration to declassify the status of this program.”

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