In Russia, we created the Aerospace forces – RBC

Preparing to fire anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 in the Astrakhan region during tactical training of troops Aerospace Defense (ASD), the Russian Federation

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On the creation of aerospace forces Interfax reported with reference to Lieutenant-General Alexander Golovko, who until recently commanded troops Aerospace Defense. According Golovko, an order to that effect already.

The plans to create a new kind of troops Defense Ministry reported earlier in the year. In January, the chief of the General Staff Valery Gerasimov said that air-space forces will be created by the merger of Air Force troops and aerospace defense.

Gerasimov said that after the creation of aerospace military forces continue to create “layered sound of the missile attack warning in the space segment and the placement of radar stations».

The task of establishing aerospace power in the beginning of the year was named Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, a priority. Then he said that Russian President Vladimir Putin has set the task of the Ministry “not to allow military superiority over Russia».

In December 2014, Interfax source said that the creation of a new kind of armed forces will take several years.