After years of official silence, the U.S. Air Force Secretary and the U.S. Space Force have admitted for the first time that America has stationed space control weapons in orbit.
A U.S. Space Command official framed the news as a landmark moment.
China and Russia have weighed in.
The announcement breaks years of official silence. Those weapons are already in orbit.
The military would not disclose what kinds of weapons or how many are up there. The official statement contained no explanation. That detail stays secret. The exact number has not been given.
The acknowledgment has gone public. Now the world is aware.
The U.S. military has not described what those weapons do. What those weapons do exactly is still unclear.