MOSCOW (Reuters) – President Vladimir Putin approved a strategic document on Tuesday naming the creation and deployment of anti-missile and strike weapons in space as one of the main military threats to Russia, the RIA news agency reported.
The document outlining Russia’s policy on its nuclear deterrent was published online amid arms control tensions between Russia and the United States over the future of New START, the last major pact regulating their nuclear arsenals.
(Reporting by Polina Devitt and Andrew Osborn; writing by Tom Balmforth; editing by Andrew Osborn)
