War in space could be Putin's last, best hope... and if he destroys humanity in the process, so be it. That is the point of a Doomsday weapon, says the Russian president's biographer MARK GALEOTTI

Washington is abuzz with the news that US intelligence has got wind of Russian plans to put nuclear weapons in space - a move it described as 'a serious national security threat'.

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