Troy Meink Confirms Space Force Already Has Orbiting Weapons
Meink declined to specify the weapons' type, number or launch date, citing over a decade of Chinese and Russian counterspace development.
- Secretary of the Air Force Troy Meink announced the weapons Sept. 14, 2026, at AFA's Air, Space & Cyber Conference in Maryland.
- "This is why the Space Force now has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action."
- Space Force officials describe space control as ranging from jamming to physically striking another satellite.
Why it matters: A capability the public cannot verify exists mainly to be heard in Moscow and Beijing.