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Opinion | What One Russian Satellite Tells Us About the Future of Nuclear Warfare - The New York Times - https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/12/05/opinion/nuclear-weapons-space.html
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No shockwave. No mushroom cloud. But a space nuke would change life on Earth forever.
By W.J. Hennigan Graphics by Taylor Maggiacomo and Jeremy Ashkenas Mr. Hennigan writes about national security for Opinion. Dec. 5, 2024 U.S. military personnel at Space Command, in Colorado Springs, have kept a close eye on Cosmos 2553 ever since it reached orbit. Bathed in the bluish glow of their computer screens, they sit and watch what’s going across all of space day after day, tracking the latest information on satellite constellations, coming rocket launches and the daily operation of the space-based systems that shape modern life. But Cosmos 2553 is different. It circles Earth every tw
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