> The U.S. set off a nuclear bomb in space in 1962
So did Russia.
Both countries stopped doing that because of the excessive damage to man-made systems in both space and on the ground.
So did Russia.
Both countries stopped doing that because of the excessive damage to man-made systems in both space and on the ground.
IIRC, in Russia it affected wide-area pipelines and phone networks - systems nobody wanted to screw with.
Anyway, the tests scared both sides shitless and I think they stopped unilaterally. They expected a result of X, and instead got 100X or 1,000X.
The article didn't do justice to the severity of what happened.