Directed energy anti-satellite weapons for the future. (Lockheed Martin)
Breaking Defense: Exclusive: Pentagon Poised To Unveil, Demonstrate Classified Space Weapon
The push to declassify an existing space weapon is being spearheaded by Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
WASHINGTON: For months, top officials at the Defense Department have been working toward declassifying the existence of a secret space weapon program and providing a real-world demonstration of its capabilities, Breaking Defense has learned.
The effort — which sources say is being championed by Gen. John Hyten, the vice-chairman of the joint chiefs of staff — is close enough to completion that there was a belief the anti-satellite technology might have been revealed at this year’s National Space Symposium, which kicks off next week.
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Update #1: The US may have a new top secret space weapon. What is it? (Quartz)
Update #2: The US military may soon declassify a secret space weapon (Ars Technica)
WNU Editor: It is not only space weapons that there is a push to declassify intel .... Chorus Grows To Declassify Space Threat Info From Services, Congress (Breaking Defense).
