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GANDHINAGAR, INDIA: Indian airforce chief Shashi Tyagi addresses a press conference in Gandhinagar, some 30 Kms from Ahmedabad, 28 January 2007. Indian airforce chief Shashi Tyagi said the military was in the process of establishing an aerospace defence command "to exploit outer space," the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported. "As the reach of our airforce is expanding it has become extremely important that we exploit space and for it you need space assets," Tyagi told reporters in the western Indian city of Gandhinagar. AFP PHOTO/Sam PANTHAKY (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images)

GANDHINAGAR, INDIA: Indian airforce chief Shashi Tyagi addresses a press conference in Gandhinagar, some 30 Kms from Ahmedabad, 28 January 2007.  Indian airforce chief Shashi Tyagi said the military was in the process of establishing an aerospace defence command "to exploit outer space," the Press Trust of India (PTI) news agency reported. "As the reach of our airforce is expanding it has become extremely important that we exploit space and for it you need space assets," Tyagi told reporters in the western Indian city of Gandhinagar.  AFP PHOTO/Sam PANTHAKY (Photo credit should read SAM PANTHAKY/AFP via Getty Images)