After years of official silence, the U.S. Air Force Secretary and the U.S. Space Force have confirmed for the first time that America has stationed space control weapons in orbit.
A U.S. Space Command official described the announcement as a landmark moment.
China and Russia have responded.
The announcement ends years of official silence. Those weapons are already in orbit.
The military did not say what kinds of weapons or how many are up there. The official statement offered no specifics. That detail remains classified. The exact number has not been given.
The acknowledgment has gone public. Now the world has the news.
The U.S. military has not explained what those weapons do. What those weapons do exactly remains unclear.