Putin’s plans for space nukes should wake up the left and right

Vladimir Putin's drive to put nukes in space, dominating near-earth orbit and so crippling Western surface forces, should be a wake-up call across the political spectrum. Anti-war obsessives on the left and neo-isolationists on the right must face facts: Putin means to keep on conquering, and he will if he's not stopped now. Modern militaries depend on satellites for everything from communications to targeting; cutting off those capabilities would cripple forces trained to depend on them. And while the Pentagon's orbital assets might be protected by armor or stealth against some anti-satellite (ASAT) weapons, nuclear attacks are far more destructive…