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MAJOR revelation Pentagon confirms us weapons deployed in space · THE DAILY BRIEF

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  Speaker 1: A major revelation from the Pentagon now publicly confirming U.S.
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  Speaker 1: weapons deployed in space. The move reflects growing security concerns
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  Speaker 1: as Russia and China expand their space capabilities. To break
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  Speaker 1: it all down, we now welcome former NASA astronaut Captain
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  Speaker 1: and Fox News contributor Butch Wilmore. Butch, you came back
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  Speaker 1: to Earth before the global arms race in space. Are
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  Speaker 1: you relieved or do you have FOMO?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I think the arms race in space has been
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  Speaker 2: going on for quite some time. We're just now getting
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  Speaker 2: information that has actually been probably out there for quite,
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  Speaker 2: like I said, quite some time on the order of years.
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  Speaker 2: And it's why not? I mean, let's say openly that
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  Speaker 2: we have capabilities, capabilities that are substantial to negate any
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  Speaker 2: forces that would come against us anywhere on the battlefield.
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  Speaker 2: We saw the importance, obviously, going back to World War
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  Speaker 2: I of controlling the airspace over the battlefield and since.
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  Speaker 2: And now the battlefield is obviously It's extended beyond just
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  Speaker 2: in the atmosphere. Now it's exo-atmosphere, outside the atmosphere. And
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  Speaker 2: there are certain challenges involved with kinetic, meaning some type
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  Speaker 2: of propulsion type of weaponry, or non-kinetic, whether you call
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  Speaker 2: it lasers or jammers, those type of things. Those are
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  Speaker 2: some challenges with those as far as power generation and such.
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  Speaker 2: But we've come a long way in the decades, and
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  Speaker 2: this is something that's not new. It's not something that's
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  Speaker 2: just on the horizon within the last couple of years.
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  Speaker 2: This is something that's been focused on and targeted and
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  Speaker 2: stepping towards for quite some time.
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  Speaker 1: The newest part here, I think, is that it's out
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  Speaker 1: in the open. It sounds like the U.S. wants China
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  Speaker 1: and Russia to know that if China and Russia are
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  Speaker 1: putting weapons in space, they're not the first. This soundbite
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  Speaker 1: is going to be from the Air Force secretary and
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  Speaker 1: what he had to say this week.
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  Speaker 2: Listen.
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  Speaker 3: Today, we continue to ensure we remain ready to meet
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  Speaker 3: the challenges of evolving threats wherever they exist. This is
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  Speaker 3: why the United States now has on-orbit space control weapons
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  Speaker 3: capable of defending the joint force against hostile adversary action.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds like Star Wars, actual Star Wars. When people
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  Speaker 1: hear that, should they think about a weapon that is
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  Speaker 1: in space being used on Earth or a weapon that's
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  Speaker 1: in space shooting other stuff in space?
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  Speaker 2: That is a very good question, Peter.
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  Speaker 3: It's probably.
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  Speaker 2: The culmination of all of that. Obviously, it's very intentional.
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  Speaker 2: The secretary said what he said with intention. And like
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  Speaker 2: you noted, it's to put the message out there that
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  Speaker 2: whatever you're doing, we are going to be ready. And
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  Speaker 2: what that means, he obviously was vague intentionally. What does
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  Speaker 2: that entail? Is it a kinetic, a weapon, like I said,
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  Speaker 2: with some type of propulsion? Is it weapons that are jammer, non-kinetic, jammers, lasers,
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  Speaker 2: those types of things? We want to be vague. There's
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  Speaker 2: no reason to go into detail. Just letting the enemy
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  Speaker 2: know that capabilities exist within itself is a step in
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  Speaker 2: the direction of peace.
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  Speaker 1: And before I let you go, we have one minute left.
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  Speaker 1: A bunch of UFO videos released this week. One of
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  Speaker 1: the craziest was taken by a U.S. drone last year
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  Speaker 1: somewhere over the Middle East. Six UAP flying in formation.
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  Speaker 1: You've been to space. What do you think these things are? Peter,
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  Speaker 1: I say nothing.
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  Speaker 2: Show me some real data. I mean, show me some
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  Speaker 2: real proof. This is video released from forward-looking infrared FLIR video.
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  Speaker 2: FLIR picks up all types of different things. And many times,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, there's back in the day, way back when
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  Speaker 2: FLIR were first being coming into fruition, I mean, there's
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  Speaker 2: high-altitude ice clouds, noctilucent clouds that reflect light, and it
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  Speaker 2: had questions about what is it. So all of this
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  Speaker 2: about aliens and what these things are, I say show
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  Speaker 2: me some real data. Thus far, we haven't seen anything substantial.
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  Speaker 1: The truth is out there. Butch Wilmore, thank you.