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Cold War plan to station nuclear weapons in orbit revisited
Original: Nuke the site from orbit: American orbiting nuclear weapons during the Cold War
A new look at American efforts to put nuclear weapons into orbit during the Cold War argues the story is more than an 'Alien' movie quote. The piece examines US military programmes that considered orbiting nuclear warheads as a deterrent, a largely forgotten chapter of the space race that raises questions about how close the world came to weapons stationed permanently in space.
Why now: Renewed interest in space militarisation is prompting readers to revisit Cold War-era plans for orbital nuclear weapons.
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