US weapons in orbit and Europe's response

On 14 September 2026, Air Force Secretary Troy Meink publicly acknowledged for the first time that the US has on-orbit space control weapons. He did not say whether they are kinetic, nor when they were deployed. We are tracking whether Washington specifies the system type, whether the issue reaches international disarmament forums, and whether Europe changes the pace of its space shield.

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USA priznali zbrane na obežnej dráhe. Nepovedali, či strieľajú, a zákaz z roku 1967 sa na ne nevzťahuje

Minister letectva Troy Meink priznal, že USA majú na obežnej dráhe zbrane. Odmietol povedať, či sú kinetické. Zmluva z roku 1967 zakazuje len jadrové.

15.9.2026

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The Air Force or Space Force specified whether the deployed systems are kinetic or non-kinetic.
The issue reached the UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space or the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva.
Following the US acknowledgement, the European Commission changed the timeline of the European Space Shield or IRIS².
Another country acknowledged having its own weapons in orbit.
The ERA–HawkEye 360 collaboration translated into contracts for Czech or Slovak defence.

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