The U.S. military has for the first time said that it deployed space weapons into Earth’s orbit.
When reached about the disclosure, an Air Force spokesperson told TechCrunch that the weapons are designed to defend the U.S. military “against space-enabled attack.”
The U.S. Space Force says Russia is now developing a satellite “designed to carry a nuclear weapon.”
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The U.S. military has for the first time said that it deployed space weapons into Earth’s orbit.
U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink, who oversees the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force, said in a speech Monday that the military has “on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action.”
When reached about the disclosure, an Air Force spokesperson told TechCrunch that the weapons are designed to defend the U.S. military “against space-enabled attack.”
Asked about the threats that the Air Force was responding to by launching the weapon, the spokesperson said that the U.S. had been warning about Russian and Chinese weapons testing in space since 2007.
The U.S. Space Force says Russia is now developing a satellite “designed to carry a nuclear weapon.”
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