China, Russia Shocked? US Deploys Its First-Ever Space Weapons | Vantage on Firstpost | 4K

The United States has announced that it has for the first-time deployed weapons in Space. The announcement was made by US Air Force Secretary, Troy Meink, while addressing a conference in Maryland. The Pentagon has not yet clarified what type of space-based weapons were deployed and when. The Space-Orbital-Control weapon will be under the authority of the US Space Force. Meanwhile, Russia and China have condemned the US deployment of weapons to space. Now, Washington is not the first nation to deploy a weapon to space. The Soviet Union, now Russia, first deployed the Salyut-3 satellite to space during the Cold War. The satellite was armed with cannon and it even fired at least 20 rounds in space when it was deployed. Meanwhile, nations like the US, Russia, India and China have already developed anti-satellite weapons. So what is a satellite-based weapon and how many kinds are there? Hem Kaur Saroya tells you more on Vantage on Firstpo