American intelligence services have informed their closest European allies that if Russia is indeed planning to deploy nuclear weapons in orbit, it is most likely to do so this year, citing The New York Times. Furthermore, intelligence agencies speculate that Russia may also launch a harmless “dummy” warhead into orbit to keep the West guessing about its capabilities. American intelligence operatives have conducted a series of hurried classified briefings for their NATO and Asian allies as details of the American assessment of Russia’s intentions began to leak. American intelligence services a…