The United States privately warned Russia not to deploy nuclear weapons in space, The Wall Street Journal reported on February 22. The warning followed media reports citing U.S. intelligence sources as saying that Moscow’s plans to develop a nuclear space weapon pose a serious threat to U.S. national security. The warning to Russia is “part of a diplomatic campaign that the Biden administration is mounting to head off the threat that also involves approaches to China, India, G-7 nations and other close allies that have interests in space and channels to Moscow,” the WSJ wrote. While the details of the U.S. intelligence findings remain classified, the White House said Russia is seeking to put a nuclear weapon into space for possible use against satellites. Russian President Vladimir Putin dismissed the allegations as “unfounded, fake and false.” Addressing Russia’s parliament on February 29, Putin said Moscow has no plans to deploy nuclear weapons in outer space and accused the U.S. of blocking a Russian-drafted agreement that would ban such deployments: “They [the U.S.] have recently made …