Russian forces develop defenses anti-meteorites


Russian official announced that the Russian space defense forces will develop defenses anti-falling meteors and other space objects serious.


 
The news agency quoted the Russian "RIA Novosti" commander of the air composition in the Western Military Region, General Igor Makosov, saying that "the Russian space defense forces received an order to address this issue and come up with a plan to protect Russia from these objects traveling in space."

The announcement came days after the meteor entering the atmosphere without being monitored by means of space surveillance and the fall of its parts over the Russian Urals last Friday causing a massive explosion and causing a wound that 1200 people, including 52 taken to hospital.

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration "NASA" The meteorite reached a diameter of 15 meters when he entered the atmosphere and it was moving at speeds faster than sound and exploded causing an explosion more glow of the sun.

The Director of the Institute of Space in the Russian Academy of Sciences Boris Today شوستوف that "none of the existing systems, Russian and American alike, did not monitor this object until it enters the atmosphere."




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