UK Military Warns of Nuclear Attack From Space

The Ministry of Defence in the United Kingdom has unveiled its space defence policy, which presents the ominous prospect of a "exo-atmospheric nuclear attack." Nevertheless, the text provides few real ideas for dealing with such a scenario.

The United Kingdom's 'Defence Space Strategy,' published on Tuesday, depicts space as a prospective future battleground, loaded with threats spanning from cyber strikes and anti-satellite blinding lasers to a "Exo-atmospheric Nuclear Attack."

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