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An air force secretary makes the first official admission of weapons in orbit

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Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made the first official admission that the US has weapons in orbit, arguing that saying so deters, while the Department of War issued a legal waiver letting personnel hand UAP material to a disclosure effort notwithstanding their non-disclosure agreements.

Reporting date: 2026-09-15 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to September 15, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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An air force secretary makes the first official admission of weapons in orbit
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-09-15
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-09-15-the-first-official-admission-of-weapons-in-orbit
Claim: Air Force Secretary Troy Meink made the first official admission that the US has weapons in orbit, arguing that saying so deters, while the Department of War issued a legal waiver letting personnel hand UAP material to a disclosure effort notwithstanding their non-disclosure agreements.
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- Welcome to September 15, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-september-15-2026
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