MOSCOW, November 10. /TASS/. Space is increasingly viewed by the West as an arena for deploying offensive weapons, Secretary General of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) Taalatbek Masadykov said at the International Collective Security Forum on Tuesday.
«Outer space is increasingly viewed as an arena for deploying offensive weapons. Space commands are being established to coordinate and conduct military operations in near-Earth space,» he said. Moreover, according to the CSTO secretary general, «space assets originally declared to be civilian are now being actively used for military purposes, including surveillance, reconnaissance, targeting and secure communications.»
Fuente: TASS