USA plans countermeasures to Putin's nuclear weapons in space. According to the White House, Putin is working on an anti- Satellite weapon.
The use of such a weapon would be highly escalatory and would mean crossing the nuclear threshold, said Ankit Panda, a nuclear policy expert at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. A conflict in space affecting these satellites would have far-reaching consequences, not only for the world's armed forces, but also for civilians around the globe. The U.S. Navy claims Putin's space weapon 'not an immediate threat' to Earth.