The United States has deployed weapons in space and will use them to defend American forces, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink said Monday. It's the first public acknowledgment that the nation has such ...

This is the first public acknowledgement that the U.S. military put a space weapon in Earth's orbit.

US Secretary of the Air Force says the space weapon is necessary to safeguard US forces against hostile enemy action.

The US has admitted to deploying a space weapon in Earth’s orbit, marking the first time it has confirmed possessing such offensive capabilities. US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink said the ...

Both Russia and China -- the two main geopolitical rivals of the United States -- pose potential threats to US interests in space.

America has deployed weapons in space to guard against "hostile adversary action", the US military confirmed for the first time.

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 ...

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The US Space Force has confirmed for the first time that Washington has weapons deployed in orbit, as the United States, China and Russia expand military capabilities in space. The disclosure ...

The U.S. military has publicly confirmed that it has deployed weapons in space. Here's what we know. (NASA via AP) ...

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 ...