{"href":"https://api.simplecast.com/oembed?url=https%3A%2F%2Finterpreting-india.simplecast.com%2Fepisodes%2Fnuclear-weapons-in-space-a3eHmGim","width":444,"version":"1.0","type":"rich","title":"Nuclear Weapons in Space","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/475b532f-e74a-4962-8e3a-27b22b0f611b/42030ef2-a35c-4678-aba9-5fadaca89333/cropped_1793274523518.jpg","thumbnail_height":300,"provider_url":"https://simplecast.com","provider_name":"Simplecast","html":"<iframe src=\"https://player.simplecast.com/2a23b6d3-e874-44d5-8bcb-fcfff629d78d\" height=\"200\" width=\"100%\" title=\"Nuclear Weapons in Space\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"></iframe>","height":200,"description":"In this episode of Interpreting India, Tejas Bharadwaj, senior research analyst at Carnegie India, speaks with Vipin Narang, Frank Stanton Professor of Nuclear Security and Political Science and director of the Center for Nuclear Security Policy at MIT, on the security implications of placing a nuclear weapon in orbit, why verification is so hard, and what space security means for India and the U.S.\n\nThis episode explores:\n•\tHow has military competition in space changed over the last decade, particularly with China’s counter-space buildup?\n•\tWhy would a country want a nuclear weapon in orbit, and what would it do to low Earth orbit?\n•\tHow would anyone know whether a satellite carries a nuclear weapon, and is the Outer Space Treaty enough?\n•\tWhat does defense space cooperation between India and the U.S. look like?"}