U.S.—Russia Tensions Nuke Plans For Real-Life ‘Armageddon’ Asteroid Defense -- Asawin Suebsaeng, Daily Beast
The U.S. Energy Department, apparently, is being forced to close its eyes.
Rising tensions between the United States and Russia, stemming from the latter’s recent aggressions, have upended the Obama administration’s ambitious Russia “reset”—and with it, the once-promising U.S.-Russian plans to destroy killer asteroids with nuclear bombs.
On Sunday, The New York Times ran a story detailing how the Ukraine crisis has stalled an accord that promised “one of the most expansive collaborations ever between the countries’ nuclear scientists, including reciprocal visits to atomic sites to work on projects ranging from energy to planetary defense.” Some of those plans for planetary defense sound like they were ripped right out of a Michael Bay movie.
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My Comment: If a killer asteroid is heading our way .... I am confident that the U.S. and Russia will find a way to quickly solve their differences.
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