Russia Not to Deploy Weapons in Space

Russia`s Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov said Russia is opposed to deploying weapons in space, despite the fact that space could be used for military purposes, Xinhua news agency reported Friday.

“We categorically oppose the deployment of any weapons in space, but this does not mean that space cannot be used in military purposes,” Ivanov said at the opening of a radar station in Russia Friday.

Both the United States and Russia use space for military purposes, but it is inadmissible to deploy weapons in space, Ivanov thinks. Deploying weapons there would be fraught with the most negative and unpredictable consequences, he warned.

Russia has implemented aerospace defense strategy in recent years, Ivanov added.

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