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MOSCOW (Reuters) – Russia hopes U.S. President Barack Obama will not pursue his predecessor's plan to deploy weapons in space but Moscow is ready to respond appropriately to any such moves, a senior Russian general said on Wednesday.
Russia, negotiating with the United States a new treaty to curb nuclear arms to replace the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START-1) expiring in December, has argued against the "weaponization of space."
President Dmitry Medvedev, due to receive Obama next month on his first visit to Moscow, has said Russia's conditions for new nuclear arms accords include banning arms in space.
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My Comment: After North Korea's nuclear and missile tests, the Russians are poorly positioned to make demands on the U.S.. especially when they have been completely ineffective in persuading North Korea from pursuing such programs.
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