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 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 stays secret. The exact number is not public.
The acknowledgment is finally official. Now the world has the news.
The U.S. military has not explained what those weapons do. What those weapons do exactly is still unclear.