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US confirms space weapons deployment, stoking China-Russia tensions
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The United States has publicly acknowledged for the first time that it has weapons deployed in orbit above Earth, a disclosure that has immediately drawn sharp warnings from China and Russia. The move raises fears of a new arena of military competition and has sparked international debate over the weaponisation of space.[2][8]