Mar 12, 2007 9:44 AM

Space Nukes? Not!

Dear Tinfoil Hat Brigade: The U.S. government is not about to blow up your apartment with orbiting nuclear missiles. So stop freaking out. Love, DANGER ROOM and Jim Oberg (High five: /.)

Dear Tinfoil Hat Brigade:

The U.S. government is not about to blow up your apartment with orbiting nuclear missiles. So stop freaking out.

Love,

DANGER ROOM and Jim Oberg

(High five: /.)

Noah Shachtman is a contributing editor at WIRED and a contributing writer for The New York Times’ opinion section. Shachtman previously served as editor in chief of Rolling Stone, where he led the storied outlet to a Polk Award and its first-ever Emmy nomination. Before that, he was the editor in ... Read More

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