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America's Cold War plan to station nuclear weapons in orbit
Original: Nuke the site from orbit: American orbiting nuclear weapons during the Cold War
A retrospective looks at US efforts during the Cold War to place nuclear weapons in orbit, echoing the famous 'nuke it from orbit' line. The piece examines systems considered or developed before space-based nuclear weapons were banned, and what that history means for today's debates over arming orbit.
Why now: Renewed concern about weapons in space has revived interest in Cold War orbital nuclear programmes.
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