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Russia Vows to Launch Arms Race in Space

General cautions US, China against new anti-missile systems

By Nick McMaster,  Newser Staff

Posted Oct 3, 2007 4:28 PM CDT

(Newser) – Today Russia promised an arms race with the US and China if they keep launching military hardware into orbit.  "We need to have strong rules about space, to avoid its militarization," General Vladimir Popovkin said. Reuters reports that his barb was aimed...   Read full story »

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