Tuesday, April 11, 2006

Russia and India for military cooperation in space

India and Russia are contemplating expansion of their cooperation in space by including military assistance in 'Global Navigation Satellite System'(GLONASS), presently limited to civil cooperation, a Russian official said today.

"Presently the assistance is limited in civil areas. But talks are on to expand the canvas of the agreement by providing assistance to the Indian side by including military support to India," Vladimir Romanov, Deputy Head of Science and Technology in Russian Embassy said on the sidelines of a seminar on Indo-Russian Space cooperation here.

He said India will be the only country to receive such an assistance from Russia which will help in guiding missiles.

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