MOSCOW, December 1 (RIA Novosti) Russia...
fitters and turners are drafted for military service as soon as they complete training.Analysts believe Russia is almost non-competitive in satellite building: It is losing most foreign tenders and if it wins some, it is for political reasons. "We are making a communications satellite for Iran - understandably, the United States would not have taken this order. We are manufacturing two communications satellites for Kazakhstan - it is also a tied political project," says Andrei Ionin, an independent space analyst. "We have long been buying European and Canadian components for civilian satellites."
The United States accounts for 75% of the world"s space budget ($35 billion), while Russia"s share is only 8%. To compete with a rival that was initially stronger and is growing with each year is very difficult, Ionin says. "But the main problem is not even a shortage of funding. It lies in the lack of a strategy. Russia could follow the path of India and China, which
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