Warning of space arms race as US confirms weapons in Earth's orbit
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8 outlets in our directory ran this story, first to last over 13 hours. Coverage spans 2 points on the political spectrum — 2 lean left, 3 centre.
- ▪ US military confirms it launched space weapons into Earth’s orbit — TechCrunch
- ▪ US confirms for first time it has deployed weapons into space — The Guardian — World
- ▪ U.S. Has Deployed Weapons in Space, Air Force Secretary Says — NYT — Science
- ▪ US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons — World News
- ▪ US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons — Reddit
- ▪ For the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit — Ars Technica
- ▪ US confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons — BBC News — World
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| Publication time | Tue, 15 Sep 2026 17:35:02 GMT |
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Warning of space arms race as US confirms weapons in Earth's orbit<div class="ssrcss-1553su4-ErrorMessage eitf6465"><div class="ssrcss-h7lv7m-StyledInnerContainer eitf6464"><div class="ssrcss-nbxsk2-TextContent eitf6461"><h2 type="normal" class="ssrcss-89o2pv-Heading e10rt3ze0">To play this video you need to enable JavaScript in your browser.</h2><p class="ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10">This video can not be played</p></div></div></div>Warning of space arms race as US confirms weapons in Earth's orbitCloseThe US has confirmed it deployed a space weapon in Earth's orbit, the first time it has acknowledged such offensive capabilities.Russia and China responded by warning of an arms race in space.However, according to the BBC's Defence correspondent Jonathan Beale, this is already…
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