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Russia Not Neglecting Space

October 4, 2003 :: AFPC :: News

The commander of Russia’s Space Troops said in a recent speech that he hopes Russia will “renovate practically all key elements of its space assets” in the five or six years, notes the American Foreign Policy Council, citing a story by Itar-TASS. The AFPC editor notes that in July 2002, Russian Foreign Ministry spokesman Aleksandr Yakovenko argued that the 1967 Outer Space Treaty does not in fact prohibit signatories such as Russia from putting “other weapons” besides weapons of mass destruction into outer space. This of course raises the question of whether Russia will pursue anti-satellite (ASAT) or space-based missile defenses. (Article)

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