Putin Says Russia Needs to Respond to U.S. Space-War Plans

(Bloomberg) -- Accusing the U.S. of planning military operations in space, President Vladimir Putin said Russia will build up its presence there.

“The U.S. military-political leadership openly considers space as a military theater and plans to conduct operations there,” Putin said at a meeting in Sochi with defense officials, citing the recently created U.S. Space Force. “The situation requires us to pay increased attention to strengthening the orbital group, as well as the rocket and space industry as a whole.”

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