Russia will never give up its deterrent forces

No world nuclear power will strip itself of nuclear forces as long as America pursues global military dominance and wars like Yugoslavia and Iraq, considers Andrey Kokoshin, former First Deputy Minister of Defense.

RT: The Russian air force chief has said recently that by 2030, the United States will have developed missile systems in space capable of hitting targets anywhere in Russia. How real do you think such a threat is?

Andrey Kokoshin: I could say that in the 1970s and even a little bit later, in the 80s, we developed plenty of countermeasures against potential space-based systems which could be neutralized or destroyed by different means, including the means of radio-electronic warfare or just anti-satellite weapons.

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