Defense Ministry denied the report on the establishment of air and space forces – Russian newspaper

On Tuesday, June 16, one of the news agencies reported that our army has a new kind of Armed Forces – Aerospace forces.

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With reference to the commander of the aerospace defense of Alexander Golovko it was said: “an appropriate order in this regard has already got.” This news could claim to hit the headlines, if not two “but”. General said the agency does not give a citation, and has set out how indirect speech. In addition, important news about structural changes in the Armed Forces are not picked up by other news tape, which typically occurs in such cases. Without pretending to exclusivity of information that they are either reprint message to a colleague or find their source confirmed the information. In the news situation aerospace forces neither the first nor the second did not happen.

Moreover, the Ministry of Defense, where the correspondent “RG” asked for clarification, the message named, at least premature. The ministry made it clear that the decision to establish a new kind of Armed Forces took the president. And the completion of the process, when the time comes to announce the Supreme Commander or on behalf of – the Minister of Defence. Making such statements and other officials of the military department are not authorized.

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At the headquarters of the East Kazakhstan region, where we are also called, generally I doubt that General Golovko said something similar. “For the international forum in Kubinka, we have prepared a stand dedicated to aerospace forces. Perhaps one of the journalists took this fact as proof that a new kind of Armed Forces has been created” – suggested our interlocutor.

It’s no secret that the Air Force and Army Air and Space Defense now really are in the process of association. It was repeatedly said Minister Shoigu, head of the General Staff Gerasimov, Commander of the Air Force and the commander Bondarev EKR Golovko. Even called the year of completion of the merger – 2015 minutes.

It is clear that all this work is painted in stages and is strictly regulated by maturity. If we assume that someone involved in the process of military leaders privately told the journalists the details of “unification” of the plan, then he did it, most likely, not based on their disclosure.

Meanwhile, the decision to form independent of the Armed Forces, aimed at neutralizing the aerospace threats, seems logical. Air Force and aerospace defense actually perform now “adjacent” goals. Here and there is a means to engage targets in the sky and in the near space. Moreover, the anti-missile defense system, administered by the Space Command, and the Air Force are available in the latest type of missile systems S-400 “Triumph”, as well as expected in the army is more advanced “pyatisotke” directly intended to solve such problems. In addition, information for a guaranteed reflection air strike the enemy, they also receive from one source – from satellites and radar warning system missile attack.

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