U.S. Privately Urged Russia to Not Test Space Nuke Weapon

U.S. officials were privately trying to dissuade Russia from testing a space-based nuclear anti-satellite weapon
The Biden administration worried that publicly disclosing the intelligence would anger Putin and cut off intelligence sources
Officials reached out to China and India to put diplomatic pressure on Russia regarding the weapon
The administration now fears Russia will move forward with testing the space weapon
U.S. intelligence closely tracked Russia's progress on producing and testing the space-based weapon over the past year