War in space? Top generals sound alarm on 'menace' US faces from Russia, China | Reality Check

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Published 2024-05-01
This week, Special Correspondent Ross Coulthart speaks to two top Generals (Air Force and Space Force - recently retired), who are sounding the alarm on “the menace” the U.S. faces from adversaries like Russia and China in space. In a recent op-ed in "The Hill," they outline critical dangers a militarized real-life Star Wars would mean for everyday life on Earth: from useless phones to no access to banks. Life as we know it completely shut down. This follows an urgent warning from Congress to the public last month about an alleged Russian space nuke, which the White House has downplayed. Tune into NewsNation for the latest on this topic - and everything else Ross is working on. Log on to www.JoinNN.com to find out how to watch - and don't forget, you can listen NewsNation through Amazon Alexa and Apple CarPlay!

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00:00 On the brink of war…
00:59 The menace the U.S. confronts from space
03:27 Congressional warning about alleged Russian space nukes
07:55 What the Russians have been doing…
10:12 Risk and fallout of cyber warfare against U.S. satellites
14:50 China’s hypersonic nuke testing
21:43 U.S. capabilities for war in space
24:19 Terrorist capabilities against U.S. satellites
30:50 “Where do you stand on the UAP issue?”
33:30 VIEWER QUESTION: Why are UFO secrets held back by the U.S. if it’s a worldwide phenomenon?
35:11 VIEWER QUESTION: Why can’t Ross simply disclose secret information openly?
38:17 VIEWER QUESTION: What more can you share about the ‘blue being?’
38:29 VIEWER QUESTION: Any new information about the object shot down over Alaska?
40:13 VIEWER QUESTION: Is there a common idea or belief about what government & intelligence officials think the phenomenon is?

All Comments (21)
  • Someone was using great wisdom to put Ross and his brilliant brain on News Nation. Whoever made the decision, I extend my deepest gratitude.
  • @tyler942
    "I do not have a personal opinion on uap's", yes you do. Everyone does, that's the government speaking for this man.
  • @GadreEl777
    The man is masterful at blatant yet tasteful redirection.
  • @Roguescienceguy
    What is most unsettling is the disgusting hunger for weaponry from those military nuts.
  • @fredmuloin1545
    This guy don't ever answer important questions. But Ross did a great job like usual. Hello from Quebec Canada ✌️
  • @TankUni
    This general was adept in saying not very much, wrapped in a copious amount of flannel. It was almost impressive.
  • "the US takes it's treaty obligations very seriously." must be the biggest load of bollocks i've heard in years
  • Thank you, Ross, for continuing to pursue this important topic. I maintain that a few hundred hours reading the UFO/UAP literature will convince almost anyone that "UFOs are as real as the airplanes flying over your head,” to quote the late Paul Hellyer, a former Canadian Minister of National Defense.
  • @markdillon5494
    Always quick to talk about big bad Russia and China, but these military types suddenly go mute when UAPs are mentioned.
  • One has to have been living in fantasia not to be aware of the arms race in space that started in 1957. Space has always been a theater of war.
  • @AussieUFONews
    How come this general knows so much about space and a pending war in space, but none of them will admit the existence of extraterrestrials…. 🤷🏽‍♂️ it’s laughable 😂🫣
  • @Sinkorswim1225
    This guy is a master of evading or denying to answer questions. Ross did a great job of pressing him for information and trying not to let him off the hook. This gut 100 percent knew about the Starfish Prime tests. Being from the AirForce, there was no way he was going to answer a UAP question.
  • @user-ku2bf1ul1d
    Why not try on working out peace deals instead of developing more weapons
  • I really do enjoy this program, listening to it while I eat my dinner or do chores around the house after work. Thank you 🙏🏻
  • @bronco1199
    Why are we not seeing "leaders" warning of digital currency. Use cash as much as possible. Laziness will be the end of us
  • @rickmcentee9204
    Here's what I heard... "We need more taxpayers dollars.". We can't comment about obviously necessary space based weapons." "Russia and China should be ashamed of themselves for demonstrating capabilities we similarly demonstrated many years ago." "Even though I was a general in the air force, I can't be expected to know about nuclear tests that happened before I was born."
  • @SasquatchOmega
    WHAT HE SAID ABOUT THE US ONLY SHOOTING DOWN A SATELLITE IN 1985 IS A LIE.!! My very good friends father was a Colonel in the US Air Force and was incharge of a program in the early 2000s that built and tested a missile made specifically to be shot into space and destroy satellites from the ground. He moved from California to the DC area specifically to be part of this program. We were on a camping trip and when I asked him if we were doing that as a message to China or Russia, he got visibly flustered and changed the subject and did not talk about it any further. If I can remember the exact year I’ll add to this comment…..but I believe it was in the mid-2000s roughly.
  • @user-pp3qx8ko6k
    I noticed that when Ross asked him if he had knowledge of the uaps he pulled in his bottom lip... perhaps a body language sign that he knows more than he says.???
  • Ross, thank you for this discussion. It is an important and serious one. I have read law review articles and books on this subject for years.