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US has weapons deployed in orbit, Space Force says, for ‘offensive and defensive’ use

18 publications, in the order they reported. The story spread over 67 hours 52 minutes. Words in highlight are ones the first headline did not use. All top stories · On NewsMarkets

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Publications over time

21:10 UTC17:02 UTC18 publications
Publications in order of reporting
#Time (UTC)After the firstPublicationHeadline
1firstSouth China Morning Post (limited free articles)US has weapons deployed in orbit, Space Force says, for ‘offensive and defensive’ use
2+46 minutesFrance 24US Space Force confirms weapons deployed in space for first time by FRANCE 24
3+1 hour 54 minutesFinancial Times (paywall)US military reveals it has weapons in space
4+6 hours 37 minutesArs TechnicaFor the first time, the US military confirms it has deployed weapons in orbit by Stephen Clark
5+6 hours 37 minutesHacker NewsUS confirms for first time it has deployed space weapons
6+10 hours 15 minutesDeutsche WelleUS confirms it has weapons in space
7+10 hours 19 minutesThe New York Times (limited free articles)U.S. Has Deployed Weapons in Space, Air Force Secretary Says by Francesca Regalado
8+11 hours 55 minutesTimes of IndiaSatellites, missiles or something else? US admits it has 'on-orbit' weapons for first time by VIVEK DUBEY
9+16 hours 47 minutesAl JazeeraWhat are ‘space weapons’, which US says it has deployed into orbit?
10+17 hours 13 minutesBBCWhat weapon could the US have put into space?
11+19 hours 14 minutesThe HillPentagon acknowledges space weapons deployment for first time by Ellen Mitchell
12+19 hours 56 minutesCBS NewsU.S. confirms it has weapons in space. China and Russia have responded.
13+19 hours 59 minutesTechCrunchUS military confirms it launched space weapons into Earth’s orbit by Zack Whittaker
14+19 hours 59 minutesScientific American (limited free articles)The U.S. has weapons in space
15+23 hours 3 minutesFox NewsPentagon reveals secret space weapons are already in orbit — but won't say what they do
16+28 hours 57 minutesThe Japan TimesU.S. admission of space weapons seen as landmark moment in race with China and Russia
17+34 hours 58 minutesPhys.orgUS acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space same headline as France 24
18+67 hours 52 minutesCNETThe US Military Can’t Stop Talking About Space Weapons by Joe Supan

Who covered it, by audience

12 of 18 publications on this story have an audience score.

Publications by the political lean of their audience
Audience leans Democratic (5)Mixed audience (6)Audience leans Republican (1)

Audience lean comes from Robertson, R. E., Jiang, S., Joseph, K., Friedland, L., Lazer, D., and Wilson, C. (2018), Auditing Partisan Audience Bias within Google Search, Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction 2(CSCW), article 148, used with the authors' permission. The score shows which party's registered voters, on Twitter, shared an outlet's links more. It is not a rating of the outlet's own slant, and it dates from 2018. See how we use it.