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 put 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 closes years of official silence. Those weapons are currently up there.
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 is not public.
The acknowledgment has gone public. Now the world knows.
The U.S. military has not explained what those weapons do. What those weapons do exactly is still unclear.