Russia develops new attack systems against space threats - ministry

MOSCOW. May 20 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia will create a new missile defense system against space threats very soon, Col. Igor Morozov, head of the Space Troops operational command headquarters, said.

"A mobile missile defense system will be created in the nearest future against space threats, which will allow the detection, selection, capture, autotracking and impact on a ballistic object in deliberate and non-deliberate interference conditions," Morozov told a conference on missile-defense issues at the Military Academy of the Russian Army General Staff on Friday.