Russian Space Chief Warns ISS Will Plunge From Orbit And Strike US If Biden Sanctions Implemented

"The head of the Russian space agency has just threatened the US and NASA with some

serious repercussions if the Biden Administration follows through with sanctions that would impact the cooperation between the two countries in space.

Should the US cut off Russia's access to certain space technologies needed to keep the International Space Station operational, then the end result might involve the Russians allowing the International Space Station to simply tumble out of orbit and come rocketing back toward Earth.

In response to Biden's sanctions announcement, the chief of Russia's space program took to Twitter, asking whether the US wanted to "destroy our cooperation on the ISS." Roscosmos Director General Dmitry Rogozin warned that Russian engines control the station's orbit and location. Without them, the ISS would be in serious trouble.

One potentially disastrous result of the sanctions would be the "uncontrolled de-orbit" of the 500-ton space station structure, likely sending it tumbling out of the sky and falling toward the US or potentially even Europe.

"If you block cooperation with us, who will save the International Space Station (ISS) from an uncontrolled de-orbit and fall into the United States or...Europe?" he said.

"There is also the possibility of a 500-ton structure falling on India and China...do you want that?" ZeroHedge