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US acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space

US acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space
France 24 Tuesday 15 September 2026, 18:34 UTC By FRANCE24 1 min read
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To display this content from YouTube, you must enable advertisement tracking and audience measurement. One of your browser extensions seems to be blocking the video player from loading. To watch this content, you may need to disable it on this site. US acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space Americas Issued on: Share The United States has confirmed for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space, a remarkable revelation after previous warnings about countries such as Russia possibly weaponizing a global frontier long agreed in treaties to be used for only peaceful purposes. FRANCE 24's Emerald Maxwell reports.
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