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  "id": 7597055,
  "title": "US military confirms it launched space weapons into Earth’s orbit",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/us-military-confirms-it-launched-space-weapons-into-earths-orbit",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-15T17:09:06.000Z",
  "source": {
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    "url": "https://techcrunch.com/2026/09/15/us-military-confirms-it-launched-space-weapons-into-earths-orbit/"
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  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "This is the first public acknowledgement that the U.S. military put a space weapon in Earth's orbit.",
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      {
        "outlet": "IGN",
        "title": "US Confirms for the First Time It Has Deployed a Space Weapon in Earth's Orbit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/us-confirms-for-the-first-time-it-has-deployed-a-space-weapon-in",
        "published": "2026-09-15T09:52:22.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "BBC Science",
        "title": "Warning of space arms race as US confirms weapons in Earth's orbit",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/15/warning-of-space-arms-race-as-us-confirms-weapons-in-earths-orbit",
        "published": "2026-09-15T17:35:02.000Z"
      }
    ]
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}