The Air Force Is (Almost) Ready to Unveil Its Secret New Space Weapon

今日の英語の習慣化の題材は...
Space War(宇宙戦争) 近未来戦の新秘密兵器(wepon)とは ？

ほんと！SFの世界がもう人類の現実になろうとしています。宇宙軌道には多数の軍事兵器が各国により配備され、特に米国にとっては共産国の衛星兵器が自分たちの衛星を撃ち落とす危険も近年、はらんできています。

映画ではなく、文字英語で感じをつかみとってみて下さい！

The U.S. Air Force has a top-secret space weapon and is preparing to show it to the world.

For months, the service has been preparing to declassify the "black" weapon, but wants to get the timing right, according to a Breaking Defenseexclusive. For that to occur, Air Force leadership and President Joe Biden must sign off first. Key details of the unnamed weapon system remain unknown at this time.

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According to Breaking Defense:

The system in question has long been cloaked in the blackest of black secrecy veils — developed as a so-called Special Access Program known only to a very few, very senior US government leaders. While exactly what capability could be unveiled is unclear, insiders say the reveal is likely to include a real-world demonstration of an active defense capability to degrade or destroy a target satellite and/or spacecraft.