Space weapon
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impression of a conceptual satellite-based directed-energy weapon used to precisely strike targets on Earth Space weapons are weapons used in space warfare. They include weapons that can attack space systems in orbit (for example, anti-satellite weapons), attack targets on the earth from space or disable missiles travelling through space. In the course of the militarisation of space, such weapons were developed mainly by the contesting superpowers during the Cold War, and some have already been deployed in space. Space weapons are also a central theme in military science fiction and sci-fi video games.
impression of a conceptual satellite-based directed-energy weapon used to precisely strike targets on Earth]] Space weapons are weapons used in space warfare. They include weapons that can attack space systems in orbit (for example, anti-satellite weapons), attack targets on the earth from space or disable missiles travelling through space. In the course of the militarisation of space, such weapons were developed mainly by the contesting superpowers during the Cold War, and some have already been deployed in space. Space weapons are also a central theme in military science fiction and sci-fi video games. ==Disclosed space weapons== The Air Force Secretary, Troy Meink, disclosed at an Air & Space Forces Association conference on September 14, 2026 that the United States had already deployed via the U.S. Space Force active "on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action".
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