Russia Says Its New Aircraft Can Disable U.S. Satellites. Could This Trigger a Nuclear War?

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July 14, 2018 
Russia Says Its New Aircraft Can Disable U.S. Satellites. Could This Trigger a Nuclear War?

Here is what you should know.
by Michael Peck

Russia says it is developing a new aircraft that can disable the electronics on U.S. satellites.

Could this new development trigger a nuclear war?

The electronic warfare aircraft “will be capable of turning off the electronics installed on military satellites,” according to Russia’s Sputnik News . The conceptual work has been completed and design and development will begin soon.

http://nationalinterest.org/blog/buzz/russia-says-its-new-aircraft-can-disable-us-satellites-could-trigger-nuclear-war-25686

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July 14, 2018 

Russia Says Its New Aircraft Can Disable U.S. Satellites. Could This Trigger a Nuclear War?

 
The conceptual work has been completed and design and development will begin soon.
 

So they obviously don't possess such capabilities, that we know of, yet.  So why the WWIII question?  I swear, if some of these reporters found out Putin farted in Venezuela, they would ask whether it was enough to start WWIII.