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 weighed in.
The announcement closes 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 offered no specifics. That detail stays secret. The exact number is unknown.
The acknowledgment is finally official. Now the world is aware.
The U.S. military has not explained what those weapons do. What those weapons do exactly has not been explained.