WashingtonThe US confirmed it has weapons already in orbit.
It is the first government admission of orbital arms, a precedent China and Russia can now cite.
Air Force Secretary Troy Meink gave no details, citing a treaty that bans only mass-destruction weapons in orbit.
Meink would not say whether the systems are kinetic, leaving allies and rivals to guess.
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- Ars Technica
- marks Pentagon's strategic shift from private interest to public declaration of on-orbit space control weapons
Sources: Ars Technica