 Russia is preparing to launch nuclear weapon into space, U.S. fears. Russia wants to put a nuclear weapon into space, U.S. intelligence indicates in what was described as a serious national security threat according to the telegraph. It is noted that the weapons system could be used to target Western satellites in space, potentially knocking out communications and military targeting systems. The U.S. president is understood to have been tracking the threat described as grave but not immediate for some weeks according to White House sources. Republican Mike Turner, the head of the House Intelligence Committee, revealed the existence of the intelligence in a public statement calling on Biden to share it with the public. Sources told ABC News that the intelligence had to do with Moscow seeking to put a nuclear weapon in space. The weapon would not be used against targets on the ground, the sources said, but described the intelligence as very concerning and very sensitive. It comes amid growing fears that Russia's war in Ukraine has escalated the potential for a clash between Moscow and NATO. White House officials said that they assessed the threat to be serious but believed there were ways to contain it without triggering mass panic. Malcolm Davis, a senior analyst at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute said, if Russia has in fact deployed nuclear weapons in orbit, that would be a deliberate and direct violation of the 1967 Outer Space Treaty by Moscow. The Outer Space Treaty is a cornerstone of space stability and this would be a grave setback for international arms control, he told the telegraph.