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The U.S. Just Admitted it Has Weapons in Space. Why That's a Big Deal

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US confirms it has weapons in space

The Space Force justified the weapons deployment by citing the US's two biggest geopolitical rivals: Russia and China. Beijing responded by urging Washington to "stop preparing for war" in outer space ...
CNBC

U.S. confirms for first time it has weapons deployed in space

The U.S. has acknowledged for the first time having weapons in orbit. U.S. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday that "on-orbit space control weapons" were capable of protecting U.S. forces from ...
Military.com

US Space Force Confirms It Has Weapons in Orbit. Here's What They Could Include.

The Advanced Extremely High Frequency, or AEHF, system is a joint service satellite communications system that provides survivable, global, secure, protected and jam-resistant communications for ...
Newsweek

US Space Weapon: What Could Its Capabilities Be?

See more of our trusted coverage when you search. Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. The U.S. has deployed a weapon in Earth’s orbit in a move that has ...
Wall Street Journal

Russia Is Churning Out Smart, Cheap New Weapons Faster Than Ukraine or the U.S.

Just as Ukraine was learning how to parry Russia’s drone attacks, Moscow has moved the goal posts with a new generation of innovative jet-powered weapons. China has said it regulates exports of ...
CBS News

Pentagon inspector general says $22.3B spent on Iran war munitions has caused "strategic inventory shortfalls"

The Defense Department's inspector general revealed Monday that the United States is facing a shortfall in ammunition as a result of its costly war in Iran. In a first-of-its-kind mandatory report to ...
Scientific American magazine

It’s official: The U.S. has weapons in space

In a first for the U.S. Space Force since its inception six years ago, the military branch has announced the deployment of weapons in space. Speaking at the Air and Space Forces Association’s annual ...
CBS News

U.S. confirms for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space. China and Russia have responded.

The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space, prompting separate warnings from China and Russia. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink told the Air and Space Cyber ...
NPR

U.S. acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space

WASHINGTON — The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space, a remarkable revelation after previous warnings about countries such as Russia possibly ...
Ars Technica

For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit

Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made the first public declaration Monday that the United States has placed “space control weapons” in orbit, an announcement that will surely reverberate in the power ...