US confirms FIRST-EVER space weapons deployment

>> Harris: FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE UNITEDED STATES HAS. ACKNOWLEDGED THE SPACE FORCE HAS. DEPLOYED WEAPONS INTO EARTH'S. ORBIT. ONE SPACE SECURITY EXPERT ON WHY. IT MATTERS. >> IF YOU CAN -- IF YOU CAN HAVE. SURPRISE THAT GIVES A STRATEGIC. ADVANTAGE IN COMBAT AND HAVING.

SYSTEMS IN ORBIT DO JUST THAT. WHAT THE U.S. IS GOING FOR IS A. WOW FACTOR HERE. >> Harris: JENNIFER GRIFFIN FROM. WASHINGTON. JENNIFER. >> AFTER YEARS OF WARNING THAT. CHINA AND RUSSIA WERE PUTTING. WEAPONS IN SPACE THAT COULD. POTENTIALLY BLIND U.S. SATELLITES, THE AIR FORCE. SECRETARY REVEALED FOR THE FIRST. TIME THE U.S. ALREADY HAS. WEAPONS IN ORBIT. THE REVELATION CAME DURING A. SPEECH AT THE AIR AND SPACE. CYBER CONFERENCE. >> TODAY WE CONTINUE TO INSURE.

WE REMAIN READY TO MEET THE. CHALLENGES OF EVOLVING THREATS. WHEREVER THEY EXIST. THIS IS WHY THE UNITED STATES. NOW HAS ON ORBIT SPACE CONTROL. WEAPONS CAPABLE OF DEFENDING THE. JOINT FORCE AGAINST HOSTILE. ADVERSARY ACTION. >> IT'S NOT CLEAR WHETHER THE. U.S. HAS EVER FIRED A WEAPON IN. SPACE. U.S. OFFICIALS FOX HAS SPOKEN. WITH SAY THE ANNOUNCEMENT IS NOT. TIED TO ANY PARTICULAR THREAT. U.S. OFFICIALS DID NOT PROVIDE.

SPECIFICS ON THE WEAPONS AND DID. NOT SAY HOHOW LONG THEY HAVE BE. DEPLOYED FOR. THE AIR FORCE SECRETARY OVERSEES. U.S. SPACE FORCE WHICH WAS. CREATED IN 2019 TO BOLSTER THE. NATION'S DEFENSE CAPABILITIES. WITH AN ARMS RACE IN CHINA AND. RUSSIA. QUOTE, CHINA DEVELOPS AND. OPERATES SPACE AND COUNTER SPACE. ABILITIES. RUSSIA VIEWS SPACE AS A WAR. FIGHTING DOMAIN AND BELIEVES. SPACE SUPREMACY WILL BE A FACTOR.

IN FUTURE CONFLICT. AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT AHEAD OF. PRESIDENT XI'S VISIT TO. WASHINGTON NEXT WEEK CHINA. CALLED FOR PEACE IN SPACE. >> WE URGE THE U.S. TO STOP. EXPANDING ITS MILITARY. PREPARATIONS IN OUTER SPACE AND. TAKE CONCRETE ACTIONS TO. SAFEGUARD GLOBAL STRATEGIC. STABILITY. >> CHINA HAS POSED A MAJOR. THREAT TO U.S. SATELLITES IN. SPACE SINCE 2007 WHEN IT WAS A.

ANTI-SATELLITE WEAPON TEST USING. A MISSILE LEAVING A MASSIVE. FIELD OF SPACE DEBRIS AT WRIST. RISK FOR COALITIONS. THE SPACE FORCE PL.