# US Air Force Secretary Acknowledges Space Force Has Weapons Deployed in Orbit

https://mins.news/en/video/60042

- VOA Chinese, 2026-09-15 22:41 UTC
- World
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kj7jfWmEFe4

> The US Air Force secretary publicly acknowledged that the Space Force currently has “space control weapons” deployed in orbit. Two commissioners also told VOA that Republicans and Democrats maintain fairly stable cooperation on China policy and US economic and national security issues.

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