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Russian military: 'Space troops not yet ready to fight aliens’
Despite being called Russia’s space troops, they are not
ready to deal with invasions by aliens from outer space, according to a
statement by a Russian defense official.
In a surprising move, an apparently serious journalist
raised this question of extraterrestrial security during a media conference at
the Titov Main Test and Space Systems Control Center near Moscow, Russia’s main
satellite control center.
“So far we are not capable of that. We are unfortunately not
ready to fight extraterrestrial civilizations,” the center’s deputy chief
Sergey Berezhnoy explained.
“Our center was not tasked with it. There are too many
problems on Earth and near it,” he added.
Titov space center, which is run by Russia’s Aerospace
Defense Troops, controls around 80 percent of the country’s satellite fleet,
both military and civilian. It is also engaged in launches of spacecraft and
strategic ballistic missiles. The facility located about 40km southwest of
Moscow is manned by some 1,000 officers and soldiers.
Russia’s space troops, in their current form, were created
in 2011 through the integration of several military branches responsible for
anti-missile defense, strategic anti-aircraft warfare and control of outer
space.
Among its facilities are an early ballistic missile launch
warning center with a corresponding network of radar stations, a center for
space surveillance, the Plesetsk Military Cosmodrome and a strategic missile
testing range in Kura.
While they may not as yet be able to deal with an alien
attack, Russia’s space troops at least have extremely effective and high tech
means for dealing with terrestrial issues and threats.
Source: Russia Today
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