Russian Cosmonaut: Our Shuttle Was Safer (And Could Drop Nukes from Orbit!)

Russian Cosmonaut: Our Shuttle Was Safer (And Could Drop Nukes from Orbit!): "Russia's Buran program was very short lived. Like, only one flight short lived. But according to cosmonaut (and ISS alum) Oleg Kotov, the craft had some serious potential—outclassing its American rival at both saving lives and destroying them."