The United States officially admitted for the first time the existence of operational weapons in orbit, through a declaration by the US Air Force Secretary, Troy Meink, during a conference in Maryland. Meink confirmed that the Space Force has "space control weapons" to defend US forces against hostile actions, without revealing the number, date of placement or specific capabilities of the weapons. The revelation comes in the context of growing space competition with China and Russia, and represents the first formal admission from Washington about US weapons in orbit, although the exact nature of these systems continues to remain undisclosed.
Jornal Económico15/09/26, 17:10