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 placed space control weapons in orbit.
A U.S. Space Command official called the disclosure as a landmark moment.
China and Russia have responded.
The announcement breaks years of official silence. Those weapons are currently up there.
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 is aware.
The U.S. military did not clarify what those weapons do. What those weapons do exactly remains unclear.