Russian Air Force main commander Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin
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New Armed Force Coming to Russia
A qualitatively new form of armed service will appear in Russia based on aerospace defense, Russian Air Force main commander Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin told journalists today. “The integration of the military science of air defense and ballistic missile defense, as well as the organization of training for the officer staff of the air defense and ballistic missile defense will add a new quality to the content of all the activity to create ballistic missile defense and apply air defense forces,” Zelin said.
That move, according to Zelin, will allow the creation of a new force that will be the main system of air and space defense. Maximal integration of rapid-reaction and military capabilities of the new force will guarantee the optimal solution to tasks in conflicts. “Such an approach will guarantee the optimal distribution of battle tasks with the use of air and space attack on the opponent with the goals, spheres, forms and means of armed battle,” Zelin noted. “Doubling and parallelism will be made impossible through scientific research and development of new forms of weapons.”
Zelin said the air defense system will be an important instrument to ensure not only military, but also national security, goals. “The speedy creation of air and space defense and its effective application will be the guarantee of the provision of state security, strategic stability of defense and a guarantee of the national security of Russia as a whole,” Zelin said. He did not mention a timeframe for the establishment of the new force.
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