Financial Times: “The United States now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action,” air force secretary Troy Meink said at an Air & Space Forces Association conference in Maryland.
Meink declined to say what the weapon was or detail its capabilities but said his exact phrasing was “important from a deterrence perspective” and further elaboration on “what we’re doing would actually not benefit that deterrence”.
…However, space security experts warned the US’s disclosure about an orbital weapon could result in the proliferation of space weaponry by other governments…