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US Space Command Invites Commercial Firms to Classified Wargames Amid Nuclear Orbit Threats

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US Space Command hosts classified wargames, Apollo Insight, with commercial companies to simulate space threats, including a nuclear detonation in orbit, amid concerns over Russia's potential deployment of WMDs in space.

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