According to the plot, Russia developed the machine to dissuade a US attack on its territory. Dr. Strangelove, a zany, ...

The Outer Space Treaty, which was first signed less than four years later, bans deploying “nuclear weapons or any other kinds of weapons of mass destruction” in orbit. Today, both decades-old ...

US officials think Russia's Kosmos-2553 satellite could be a "space weapon". US officials have expressed concern over this, ...

The effects were far more devastating than the Pentagon had imagined and brought about a treaty that banned the deployment of nuclear weapons in space. In the test, known as Starfish Prime ...

If Russia were to deploy such a weapon, it would be a violation of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 preventing weapons of mass destruction in space. There are limited existing options to defending ...

But, in theory, they cannot use nuclear weapons there. All three are signatories of the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, which forbids countries from sending into orbit "any objects carrying nuclear ...

"It's just not prudent to do that," Kirby said. But the spokesperson also said the weapon would violate the Outer Space Treaty of 1967, of which Russia is still a participant. The treaty ...

Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a pact with close ally Belarus on Friday that includes the possible use of Russian nuclear weapons. What Does the Pact Say? Putin signed the treaty offering ...