US Space Force confirms weapons in orbit for first time

Without going into details, a spokesperson for the US Space Force said that the weapons “are capable of defending the combined forces against hostile attacks.”

Both Russia and China pose potential threats to American interests in space, according to the US Space Force.

At a press conference on Tuesday, a spokesperson for China's Foreign Ministry urged the United States not to "prepare for war in space."

Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Tuesday that “space must be free of all types of weapons.”

The militarization of space has been ongoing ever since the Space Race, when both Washington and Moscow began investigating ways to weaponize and destroy satellites.