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RUSSIA MULLS USING PYRAMID RADAR FOR MISSILE DEFENSE
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 4, 2012 - 15:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia could offer use of its massive Don-2NP radar
system near Moscow as part of an agreement with NATO on a European
missile defense plan to counter medium and long-range missiles,
Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said on Friday,
May 4, RIA Novosti reported.
"If we get an agreement with NATO and the U.S., then the Don-2 could
be part of the potential system which could be used against potential
medium and long-range missile threats," Antonov said, during a visit to
the facility at Sofrino, Moscow Region, by participants in a missile
defense conference in Moscow.
Antonov stressed that talks were not currently underway on how the
radar could be used.
"We are talking about demonstrating in practice, in reality, the
elements of our aerospace defense, which we have today in Russia and
how we are ready for cooperation," Antonov said. "This station is a
working part of the air defense chain defending our country," he added.
The Don-2 radar, known to U.S. arms control negotiators in the 1980's
as the "pyramid" and to NATO as Pill Box, was put into operation
around 1989, and was the centerpiece of the USSR's anti-missile
defense system. The 100-meter square, 45 meter high phased-array
radar, with 360 degree coverage, could detect small objects in space,
and was linked to interceptor missiles.
Russia is pleased with the results of the three-day missile defense
conference which has been taking place in Moscow, he said.
"We are pleased with the results," he said. "We assembled here quite
a lot experts from a broad background, from NATO, OSCE, the CIS,
academics. We had interesting and useful discussions."
Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Russia
would not allow creation of a missile defense system which could
upset the strategic balance.
"Missile defense is an illusion - no matter how much money you invest
in it. We will never permit creation of a system which breaks the
strategic balance," he said on Friday during a visit to Russian
missile maker NPO Mashinostroyenie near Moscow.
From: A. Papazian
PanARMENIAN.Net
May 4, 2012 - 15:22 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia could offer use of its massive Don-2NP radar
system near Moscow as part of an agreement with NATO on a European
missile defense plan to counter medium and long-range missiles,
Russia's Deputy Defense Minister Anatoly Antonov said on Friday,
May 4, RIA Novosti reported.
"If we get an agreement with NATO and the U.S., then the Don-2 could
be part of the potential system which could be used against potential
medium and long-range missile threats," Antonov said, during a visit to
the facility at Sofrino, Moscow Region, by participants in a missile
defense conference in Moscow.
Antonov stressed that talks were not currently underway on how the
radar could be used.
"We are talking about demonstrating in practice, in reality, the
elements of our aerospace defense, which we have today in Russia and
how we are ready for cooperation," Antonov said. "This station is a
working part of the air defense chain defending our country," he added.
The Don-2 radar, known to U.S. arms control negotiators in the 1980's
as the "pyramid" and to NATO as Pill Box, was put into operation
around 1989, and was the centerpiece of the USSR's anti-missile
defense system. The 100-meter square, 45 meter high phased-array
radar, with 360 degree coverage, could detect small objects in space,
and was linked to interceptor missiles.
Russia is pleased with the results of the three-day missile defense
conference which has been taking place in Moscow, he said.
"We are pleased with the results," he said. "We assembled here quite
a lot experts from a broad background, from NATO, OSCE, the CIS,
academics. We had interesting and useful discussions."
Meanwhile, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said Russia
would not allow creation of a missile defense system which could
upset the strategic balance.
"Missile defense is an illusion - no matter how much money you invest
in it. We will never permit creation of a system which breaks the
strategic balance," he said on Friday during a visit to Russian
missile maker NPO Mashinostroyenie near Moscow.
From: A. Papazian