?New: Pentagon Admits On-Orbit Space Weapons for First Time?space-weapons-for-first-time-n2206913
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/14/new-pentagon-admits-on-orbit-
?In what can only be described as something of a surprising development,orbit-space-weapons-air-force-secretary-reveals/415964/
the Secretary of the Air Force, Troy Meink, announced on Monday that the United States has already fielded on-orbit space defense weapons.?
https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2026/09/us-military-has-
?Best guess as to the nature of the weapons described is that they are
some form of electronic warfare devices, possibly jammers, with the
slight chance of them being a directed-energy weapon, like a laser.?
I am shocked, shocked I tell you.
Lynn
On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:00:15 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
?New: Pentagon Admits On-Orbit Space Weapons for First Time?space-weapons-for-first-time-n2206913
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/14/new-pentagon-admits-on-orbit-
orbit-space-weapons-air-force-secretary-reveals/415964/
?In what can only be described as something of a surprising development,
the Secretary of the Air Force, Troy Meink, announced on Monday that the
United States has already fielded on-orbit space defense weapons.?
https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2026/09/us-military-has-
?Best guess as to the nature of the weapons described is that they are
some form of electronic warfare devices, possibly jammers, with the
slight chance of them being a directed-energy weapon, like a laser.?
I am shocked, shocked I tell you.
Lynn
I wouldn't be surprised if this was just setting the stage for further announcements of this type with respect to meteorology.
?New: Pentagon Admits On-Orbit Space Weapons for First Time?
https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/14/new-pentagon-admits-on-orbit- space-weapons-for-first-time-n2206913
?In what can only be described as something of a surprising development,
the Secretary of the Air Force, Troy Meink, announced on Monday that the United States has already fielded on-orbit space defense weapons.?
https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2026/09/us-military-has- orbit-space-weapons-air-force-secretary-reveals/415964/
?Best guess as to the nature of the weapons described is that they are
some form of electronic warfare devices, possibly jammers, with the
slight chance of them being a directed-energy weapon, like a laser.?
I am shocked, shocked I tell you.
Lynn
On 2026-09-15, Charles Packer wrote:https://redstate.com/wardclark/2026/09/14/new-pentagon-admits-on-orbit-
On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:00:15 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
?New: Pentagon Admits On-Orbit Space Weapons for First Time?
development,space-weapons-for-first-time-n2206913
?In what can only be described as something of a surprising
thethe Secretary of the Air Force, Troy Meink, announced on Monday that
areUnited States has already fielded on-orbit space defense weapons.?orbit-space-weapons-air-force-secretary-reveals/415964/
https://www.defenseone.com/defense-systems/2026/09/us-military-has-
?Best guess as to the nature of the weapons described is that they
some form of electronic warfare devices, possibly jammers, with the
slight chance of them being a directed-energy weapon, like a laser.?
I am shocked, shocked I tell you.
Lynn
I wouldn't be surprised if this was just setting the stage for further
announcements of this type with respect to meteorology.
There's always that scene from Iron Sky where almost everybody has
secretly armed their spaceships. (To the dismay of US President Sarah >Palin[0], who clearly wanted to seize on something along the lines of
"now the US will save all your asses", but is overshadowed by a lot of
other non-US ships showing up for battle.)
A sort of transcript based on what's on tvtropes [1]; the scene is on
youtube at [2] (without proper subtitles):
?President Palin: "OK, who didn't arm their spaceships?!"
[The Finnish ambassador slowly raises their hand, alone.]
Palin: Oh, great... great, that's just... great... You all gave me
your word!
Ambassador: But you broke yours!
Palin: We always break ours, that's just what we do! Okay, fine,
fine fine fine fine fine! Let's just beat the shit out of these
pricks and we'll talk about the details later.?
[0] Not named "Sarah Palin" in the movie, though.
[1] <https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Funny/IronSky>--
[2] <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LR9N3NOutaQ>
?New: Pentagon Admits On-Orbit Space Weapons for First Time?
On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:00:15 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
?New: Pentagon Admits On-Orbit Space Weapons for First Time?
The US lies about everything these days. I'm sure they're lying about
this as well.
On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:00:15 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
?New: Pentagon Admits On-Orbit Space Weapons for First Time?
The US lies about everything these days. I'm sure they're lying about
this as well.
I think they might be signal jammers to shut off communications between >unallied nations' communications satellites.
But sure lies come forth not only from the mouth supreme but
from all his lesser mouths.
s|b <sb.nospam@belgacom.net> wrote:Time??
On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:00:15 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
?New: Pentagon Admits On-Orbit Space Weapons for First
claimed
The US lies about everything these days. I'm sure they're lying about
this as well.
It would be a good move and it wouldn't be the first time anyone has
to have weapons that didn't actually exist. Sometimes that's a verygood
strategy when you are clearly outgunned.and
In this case, the US and China are both signatories to the Outer Space
Treaty of 1966. This prohibits a number of different weapons in space
but doesn't prohibit projectile weapons, for instance.
It was originally written in part because Americans and Russians were
worried about nuclear weapons in orbit which could be dropped down on
the earth.
It doesn't cover anti-satellite weapons at all, and the worst of the >anti-satellite weapons are projectile types that break satellites up and >leave big clouds of debris in space to cause additional damage. China
Russia have both been testing these things in the past decade or and ahalf.
We officially stopped testing asat weapons during the Reaganadministration
but that's not to say that some folks aren't secretly carrying out tests >today too.been
Kinetic weapons in orbit are bad, bad news, because they don't just hurt
your enemy, they can come back to hurt your friends too. There have
some calls in the past for treaties to prohibit them, including thePAROS
treaty, but they haven't got anywhere. Given the current US and Russian >administrations I wouldn't expect them to get very far today untilsomething
goes wrong.
On 9/15/26 12:28, s|b wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:00:15 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
?New: Pentagon Admits On-Orbit Space Weapons for First Time?
The US lies about everything these days. I'm sure they're lying about
this as well.
I think s/b that the validity of the statement will depend on the
definition of weapon used by the official referring to the matter.
I think they might be signal jammers to shut off communications between >unallied nations' communications satellites.
But sure lies come forth not only from the mouth supreme but
from all his lesser mouths.
BobbieSellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.invalid> wrote:those
I think they might be signal jammers to shut off communications between >>unallied nations' communications satellites.
Those aren't weapons, those are countermeasures. We have plenty of
in orbit, as do the Russians, which is why there has been so muchresearch
on tight beam millimeter wave and laser space-to-space communications.hard
The Chinese and Russians have tested kinetic weapons in space, which are >actual weapons by UN definition.
But sure lies come forth not only from the mouth supreme but
from all his lesser mouths.
To be quite honest, it is part of the job of the military to lie about >capabilities. This becomes a problem in a democracy where you want the >people to know but you don't want potential enemies to know. It is a
problem and Jefferson and Madison disagreed about it.
But I knew several members of the Greatest generation (our parents,
aunts, uncles, etc) who were such firm believers in the
trustworthiness of the Federal Government that it took 3 political assassinations and Watgergate for some of them to admit that the
gummint might not be /entirely/ trustworthy.
On 9/15/26 12:28, s|b wrote:
On Tue, 15 Sep 2026 01:00:15 -0500, Lynn McGuire wrote:
?New: Pentagon Admits On-Orbit Space Weapons for First Time?
The US lies about everything these days. I'm sure they're lying about
this as well.
I think s/b that the validity of the statement will depend on the definition of weapon used by the official referring to the matter.
I think they might be signal jammers to shut off communications between unallied nations' communications satellites.
But sure lies come forth not only from the mouth supreme but
from all his lesser mouths.
bliss
Paul S Person wrote:
But I knew several members of the Greatest generation (our parents,
aunts, uncles, etc) who were such firm believers in the
trustworthiness of the Federal Government that it took 3 political
assassinations and Watgergate for some of them to admit that the
gummint might not be /entirely/ trustworthy.
I am reminded of the conservative gentleman in California who, business
suit and all, was caught up in a police riot in the late 60s.
He said that before the riot he was 100% behind the police.ÿ After, 80%.
William Hyde
Keeping secrets secret is indeed part of the job of the military.
But deliberately lying is not. Indeed, "no comment" is the preferred
response to questions on such issues.
OTOH, the possibility that this is a disinformation campaign aimed at
Russia or China is a viable theory. Patton didn't participate in D-Day >because he (and others assigned to him) was busy pretending to be an
Allied unit that did not exist but which was perfectly placed to
invade Europe where the Germans expected us to. IOW, D-Day worked, in
part, because the enemy was lied to.
Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> wrote:another
Keeping secrets secret is indeed part of the job of the military.
But deliberately lying is not. Indeed, "no comment" is the preferred >>response to questions on such issues.
The State Department, the military, and the spooks all have as part of
their work descriptions some kind of disinformation.
Unfortunately we are in a country where all three of those organizations
are unable to work together and are providing disinformation to one
and to the general population, as well as to potential enemies.
OTOH, the possibility that this is a disinformation campaign aimed at >>Russia or China is a viable theory. Patton didn't participate in D-Day >>because he (and others assigned to him) was busy pretending to be an
Allied unit that did not exist but which was perfectly placed to
invade Europe where the Germans expected us to. IOW, D-Day worked, in
part, because the enemy was lied to.
It could well be disinformation aimed at Russia or China, or it could
be secret information that our president has made public against the
desires of the military (or the State Department or the spooks). Or
it might just be completely random.
It is a sad world when we are having to use the techniques of the >kremlinologists to try to figure out what our own government is doing.
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