First acknowledgment of U.S. weapons in orbit comes as governments divide over how to prevent a space arms race.
WASHINGTON (AN) — The first U.S. acknowledgment that it has deployed weapons in orbit is raising the stakes in a decades-long international effort to prevent an arms race in space, exposing gaps in global rules as major powers expand their military capabilities beyond Earth.
“The United States has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action,” Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said on Monday at the Air, Space & Cyber Conference in Maryland.
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