US confirms space-based weapon deployment in orbit to deter threats
TL;DR
The US publicly acknowledged deploying a space-based weapon in Earth's orbit to safeguard forces from hostile action, signaling readiness for evolving threats and ongoing development of space capabilities, though officials offered few details on the weapon's nature or timing.
- US has deployed a space weapon, air force secretary says BBC
- Air Force secretary acknowledges the US has weapons in space ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos
- Meink Reveals Space Force Has ‘On-Orbit Space Control Weapons’ Air & Space Forces Magazine
- US military reveals it has weapons in space Financial Times
- US confirms weapons deployed in space for the first time Le Monde.fr
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