美国空军部长特洛伊·迈因克在周一举行的年度空天网络会议上首次公开确认，美国已在地球轨道上部署了空间控制武器15。美国太空军发言人表示，太空控制包括采用"动能和非动能手段"来影响对手能力，这些能力可用于防御和进攻目的15。迈因克表示该轨道武器旨在保护美国军事力量免受敌对行动威胁9，但美国政府未透露该武器的具体功能或部署时间1。
这一声明立即引发国际反应。中国外交部表示，美国"在为外太空战争做准备"，并敦促美方停止扩展军事能力、停止在外太空准备战争，以防止太空成为战场和军备竞赛之地15。分析人士警告称，此举可能加剧美国、俄罗斯和中国之间的太空军备竞赛风险5。
1967年的《外太空条约》禁止在轨道上部署大规模杀伤性武器15。美国太空军成立于2019年，是超过70年来美国军队的第一个新兵种1。
The United States has publicly confirmed for the first time that it has deployed space-control weapons in Earth's orbit.12345678 Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made the announcement at the annual Air, Space and Cyber Conference on Monday, declaring that "America now has space control weapons in orbit."5 A U.S. Space Force spokesman clarified that space control encompasses "kinetic and non-kinetic means to affect an adversary's ability," with these capabilities available for both offensive and defensive purposes.15
The United States has not disclosed the specific functions or deployment timeline of the weapons, though they are intended to protect American military forces from hostile actions.9 The move marks the first official American acknowledgment of deploying armed systems beyond Earth's atmosphere. In 2024, the U.S. claimed that Russia had launched a satellite potentially capable of attacking other spacecraft. Since Russia's 2022 invasion of Ukraine, two Russian satellites may have intercepted communications from at least a dozen European satellites.1 Russia conducted an anti-satellite missile test in 2021, striking a defunct satellite and generating thousands of orbital debris fragments.5
China has issued a sharp warning in response to the American deployment. The Chinese Foreign Ministry stated that the United States is "preparing for war in outer space" and urged Washington to "stop extending military capabilities and stop preparing for war in outer space," cautioning against turning space into a "battlefield and place of arms race."15 The 1967 Outer Space Treaty prohibits the deployment of weapons of mass destruction in orbit, though it does not explicitly ban other types of space-based weapons.15 The U.S. Space Force was established in 2019 as the first new branch of the American military in over 70 years, and the Trump administration has characterized space-based capabilities as a key component of its "golden dome" defense system.1
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