👉The U.S. Department of Defense for the first time admitted that it has deployed weapons in space.

Troy Minke, the secretary of the Air Force, said that the United States is now equipped with “operational space-control weapons” that are designed to protect American forces and their allies against hostile actions.

He declined to identify the type of this weapon or disclose its capabilities and said that keeping it confidential is necessary to preserve its deterrent effect

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