The U.S. military has for the first time acknowledged that it deployed a space weapon 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.” Meink did not say what the weapons are, what they do, or how many of them have been deployed, but Meink’s phrasing was reportedl…
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