Of course he's not lying, the thing is it's his responsibility that they don't get attacked and he already has the tools to deal with it at his disposal and is not in any way explaining what new thing they need. Also besides the actual stupid test of firing a rocket at a satellite the US military flew and tested technology that's capable of satellite warfare multiple times but "it's classified", they are just being more subtle than others because they can afford to as they are already ahead on the game.

He's just sounding the drums and banging his chest is all.