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 put space control weapons in orbit.
A U.S. Space Command official described the announcement as a landmark moment.
China and Russia have reacted.
The announcement ends years of official silence. Those weapons are already in orbit.
The military declined to say what kinds of weapons or how many are up there. The official statement contained no explanation. 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 is still unclear.