After years of official silence, the U.S. Air Force Secretary and the U.S. Space Force have admitted for the first time that America has put space control weapons in orbit.

A U.S. Space Command official framed the news as a landmark moment.

China and Russia have responded.

The announcement ends years of official silence. Those weapons are currently up there.

The military declined to say what kinds of weapons or how many are up there. The official statement contained no explanation. That detail is still under wraps. The exact number is unknown.

The acknowledgment has gone public. Now the world has the news.

The U.S. military has not described what those weapons do. What those weapons do exactly remains unclear.