The U.S. military has publicly confirmed that operational weapons are now deployed in Earth’s orbit, marking a major shift in how Washington discusses warfare in space. Air Force Secretary Troy Meink revealed the existence of «on-orbit space control weapons» capable of defending American forces against «hostile adversary action»,

The US Army has authorized its first contract for a directed energy weapons system, designed to take down threats with high-energy lasers.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The US Army and industry partners are making drones, sensors, and weapons talk to one another. Decades-old barriers prevented systems from connecting, forcing personnel to be the link.

The Army is opening a new front in its battle to get contractors to make their weapons and systems easier to connect: “hackathons.” Later this month, the service will host some of its biggest vendors for the first of a series of one-day brainstorming ...

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Russia believes there is ⁠still ⁠time to prevent an ⁠arms race in space by drawing up a legally-binding ​international treaty to outlaw the deployment of offensive weapons there and called on ‌the United States and other ‌nations to set aside their scepticism about the idea,