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China Leads In Outer Space PollutionMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Aug 02, 2010 China has topped the list of the world's major polluters of the near-Earth space environment, followed by the United States and Russia, the Russian Federal Space Agency Roscosmos said on Friday. All together, the three main space powers produce 93% of space debris, according to a statement published on the agency's website. "According to estimates, 40% of space debris is produced by China. The U.S.'s share accounts for 27.5%, and Russia's [share] for 25.5%, with 7% falling on other countries ... read more |
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Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 20, 2010Russian President Dmitry Medvedev has issued a decree establishing four strategic commands in the Armed Forces and an integrated logistic support system, a top military official said on Wednesday. Gen. Nikolai Makarov, chief of the General Staff of the Russian Armed Forces, said Russia's six military districts will be reorganized into four with four respective strategic commands. The ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 16, 2010Test launches of Russia's new booster rocket, the Angara, are to start in 2013, the rocket designer said on Thursday. Vladimir Nesterov, head of the Khrunichev State Research and Production Space Center, said the rocket assembly would be completed in the first quarter of 2011, adding that the first-stage engine was "99% ready" and the second-stage engine had already been tested three times ... more  
Moscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 16, 2010The Russian air defense system is designed so that it responds to all aircraft approaching the state's airspace, a high ranking Defense Ministry source has said. "That is perhaps its basic difference from the American system," the source said commenting on recent remarks by a senior U.S. military official. Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., head of the U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospa ... more |
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Russia Needs More Flying Tankers For Its Air ForceMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jul 14, 2010 The inter-theater redeployment of aircraft during Vostok-2010 was one of the key events of the strategic war games, held recently. The Su-24 Fencer and Su-34 Fullback tactical bombers used midair refueling to fly to the Russian Far East. In-flight refueling, routinely used by the world's leading powers, including the United States and NATO countries, allows for the quick build-up of air power in a given zone of conflict. To efficiently implement that maneuver, a country should have a suffici ... read more |
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