The Great American Space Race of Fallout (and orbital weapons)

America was arguably the most capable nation in the world before the Great War, with a wide array of space-based assets that ranged from scientific space stations like Valiant 1 to weapons platforms that can rain nuclear hellfire down on anyone at any time.

Citations
“Archimedes II.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/ARCHIMEDES_II.
“Archimedes.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/ARCHIMEDES.
“Arcjet Systems.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/ArcJet_Systems.
“Bradley-Hercules.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Bradley-Hercules.
“Crashed Space Station.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Crashed_space_station.
“Delta IX Rocket.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Delta_IX_rocket.
“Ess Quetzel.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/ESS_Quetzel.
“Kovac-Muldoon Platform.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Kovac-Muldoon_Platform.
“Mars Shot Project.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/Mars_Shot_Project.
“Repconn Aerospace.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/REPCONN_Aerospace.
“Sea of Tranquility Conflict.” The Vault - Fallout Wiki, fallout-archive.fandom.com/wiki/Sea_of_Tranquility_Conflict#:~:text=The%20Sea%20of%20Tranquility%20Conflict,as%20well%20as%20its%20conclusion.
“United States of America.” Fallout Wiki, fallout.fandom.com/wiki/United_States_of_America.

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction
00:30 - The Space Race
04:38 - Orbital Weapons
09:27 - Aerospace Corporations
11:12 - Conclusion