What Weapon US May Have Put In Space, Who Else Could Have Similar Arms

The United States has finally acknowledged that it has deployed weapons in space, after preaching for years about the possible weaponising of a global frontier long agreed in treaties to be used for only peaceful purposes. Washington gave away little in its announcement, with US Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink just saying the "on-orbit" weapon was necessary to safeguard US forces against hostile enemy action. Meink did not detail what the weapons were, how they work, or if they were targeting other objects in space or on Earth. The New War FrontierAmerica's announcement has opened a new frontier in space warfare, with analysts debating the future of military developments in orbit and who else could have similar weaponry. The militarisation of space is as old as the space race itself -- as soon as the Soviet Union launched Sputnik into orbit in 1957.