The US Put Weapons in Space. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
The U.S. has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it has weapons in orbit, a decidedly less sci-fi development than it might sound. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed that the U.S. deployed weapons to space to be prepared against existing threats. “The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action,” Meink said during a speech at the 2026 Air and Space Cyber Conference.
- ▪The U.S. has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it has weapons in orbit, a decidedly less sci-fi development than it might sound.
- ▪Air Force Secretary Troy Meink confirmed that the U.S. deployed weapons to space to be prepared against existing threats.
- ▪“The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action,” Meink said during a speech at the 2026 Air and Space Cyber Conference.
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Oh good, space has weapons now. The U.S. has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it has weapons in orbit, a decidedly less sci-fi development than it might sound. The admission comes as the Space Force gears up for a future in which satellites and other systems in orbit could face increasingly serious threats—and the decision to say it out loud may itself be part of the…
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