“US Secretary of Defense Mark Esper says that China and Russia have weaponized space through “killer satellites” and directed energy weapons designed to exploit and weaken the US military. “
TRUE. But so have we. And it was done back in the late 70’s. The Russians did a test over the US and shot down one of their own dead satellites. I watched the test. The FAA monitored it. The scientist who built the weapon defected to the US and helped us build a similar weapon.
That’s Mig-31D and a 79M6 missile.
USAF had similar setup with hot rodded F-15 by 1985.
If there is a direct energy weapon it seems like the one radiating Esper’s tinfoil hat.