US confirms weapons orbiting in space as China sounds alarm | ABC NEWS
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The US has confirmed it has stationed arms in orbit around the Earth, in a move China warns could turn space into a "battlefield". Matthew Sussex from the Australian Strategic Policy Institute says the US move comes after Russia and China already deployed weapons in Space. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-09-16/usa-space-weapons-china-russia/107157436 Note: In most cases, our captions are auto-generated. #ABCNEWS #ABCNEWSAustralia
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