{"id":157430,"date":"2026-09-14T21:10:34","date_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157430"},"modified":"2026-09-14T21:10:34","modified_gmt":"2026-09-14T21:10:34","slug":"us-has-weapons-deployed-in-orbit-space-force-says-for-offensive-and-defensive-useunited-states-canada-south-china-morning-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157430","title":{"rendered":"US has weapons deployed in orbit, Space Force says, for \u2018offensive and defensive\u2019 useUnited States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning Post"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe United States has weapons deployed in space, the US Space Force said on Monday, confirming the presence of such capabilities in orbit for the first time.<br \/>\n\u201cThe US has on-orbit space control weapons capable of defending the Joint Force against hostile adversary action,\u201d a US Space Force spokesperson said in a statement that did not provide specifics on the weapons.<br \/>\n\u201cSpace control encapsulates the mission areas required to contest and control the space domain \u2013 employing kinetic and non-kinetic&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/world\/united-states-canada\/article\/3367513\/us-has-weapons-deployed-orbit-space-force-says-offensive-and-defensive-use?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: United States &amp; Canada &#8211; South China Morning PostThe United States has weapons deployed in space, the US Space Force said on Monday, confirming the presence of such capabilities&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157430"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157430"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157430\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157430"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157430"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157430"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}