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August 19, 2015

Russia to Engage US in Space Wars With New Electronic Warfare Technology
Moscow (Sputnik) Aug 18, 2015
The Russian Defense Ministry has developed new technology to counter US battle stations in space, said Igor Nasenkov, the first deputy head of Russia's Radio-Electronic Technologies Concern (RETC), according to Russian media sources. "If the United States starts developing and launching its battle stations into space, Russia will have to respond in kind - namely with the development of high-performance Electronic Warfare (EW) tools on different types of bases; the use of these tools will be a dist ... read more

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