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MOSCOW, May 13 (UPI) -- Russia's space defense capabilities are in shambles and lag far behind the United States, a group of retired Russian military leaders said Thursday.
"Frankly, our space defense capabilities are limited and insufficient to ensure our national security," former Air Force Cmdr. Anatoly Kornukov said at an air and space defense conference.
The Russian defense industry cannot meet the demand for advanced weapons, putting the nation at least 25 to 30 years behind U.S. development of space defense weapons, said Anatoly Sitnov, a former chief of armament procurement for the Russian Armed Forces.
Sitnov described Russia's space defense capabilities as being in "shambles," RIA Novosti reported.
Sitnov said Russia had abandoned key projects, including a shuttle space freighter, a strategic airlift plane, a manned military spacecraft and several missile projects.
"Who owns space, owns the world," Sitnov told the conference.
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