Air Drive Secretary Troy Meink made the primary public declaration Monday that america has positioned “area management weapons” in orbit, an announcement that can absolutely reverberate within the energy facilities of Beijing and Moscow.
House Drive officers have beforehand expressed their curiosity in buying space-based weapons, and Pentagon leaders have change into extra open to discussing area warfare lately. Due to this fact, Meink’s announcement Monday on the Air and House Forces Affiliation’s annual Air, House & Cyber Convention close to Washington, DC, was not completely sudden.
“Right now, we proceed to make sure we stay prepared to satisfy the challenges of evolving threats, wherever they exist. For this reason america now has on-orbit area management weapons able to defending the joint drive in opposition to hostile adversary motion,” Meink mentioned in ready remarks.