US Acknowledges Weapons in Space, What is next?

United States confirming for the first time that they have deployed weapons in space for both Offensive and Defensive purposes. They further said, it was necessary to have weapons in space to protect US Forces.

A very strong reaction from both China and Russia. They issued a warning against arms race in Space and urged to stop expanding space weapon warfare in outer space.

There is no detail on how weapons in space works. The weapons could be only electronic warfare or it could be the kinetic energy model weapons.