The US has shared intelligence with Congress and European allies about a new Russian nuclear capability that could be used in space, according to people familiar with the matter.
Earlier on Wednesday, the Republican chair of the House Intelligence Committee called on the White House to declassify information about a “serious national security threat”, and emailed members of Congress about a “destabilising foreign military capability”, which he did not detail. That sent Washington into a frenzy in an effort to figure out more information.
The intelligence is about Russian efforts to develop a space-based anti-satellite nuclear weapon, according to people familiar with the matter. The details of the threat were first reported by The New York Times.