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NEW RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSE SYSTEM TO DETECT MISSILES AT BLASTOFF
S-400 air defense systems
RIA Novosti. Artyom Zhitnyov
20:44 09/07/2013
http://en.rian.ru/military_news/20130709/182147766/New-Russian-Air-Defense-System-to-Detect-Missiles-at-Blastoff.html
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MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's new aerospace defense system
will ensure guaranteed detection of enemy ballistic and long-range
cruise missiles at blastoff, a top military official said Tuesday.
General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov said the system would feature
advanced information-gathering, data-processing and attack capabilities
with an early-warning radar system to be deployed along the entire
Russian border.
Other measures will include the modernization of existing
surface-to-air missile systems and the provision of advanced S-400 and
S-500 air defense systems, "capable of reliably protecting critical
installations against air and missile attacks," he said.
That will significantly enhance the survivability of Russia's strategic
nuclear forces, he added.
Priority in the organizational development of Russia's armed forces
through 2020 will be given to the strategic nuclear forces and the
aerospace defense system, Gerasimov said.
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces will continue to be equipped with
advanced Yars ballistic missile systems featuring higher capabilities
in overriding enemy missile defense systems, he said.
In mid-June, Russia's prototype medium-range air defense system that
should replace the S-300 was demonstrated to President Vladimir Putin.
The Vityaz system, manufactured by the Almaz-Antei corporation,
which will have a more advanced radar and a launcher with 16 missiles,
compared with only four on the S-300, should enter service next year,
Almaz-Antei chief designer Igor Ashurbeili previously told RIA Novosti.
The Vityaz will complement the Morfey, S-400 and S-500 air defense
systems in Russia's future aerospace defense network to engage targets
at ranges from five to 400 kilometers, and at altitudes from five
meters to near outer space.
In late May, Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces conducted a series of
snap drills that checked the combat readiness of aerospace defense
units, air force units and air defenses in the Western Military
District, as well as military transport and long-range aviation
command. The exercises involved 8,700 people, 185 aircraft and 240
military vehicles.
S-400 air defense systems
RIA Novosti. Artyom Zhitnyov
20:44 09/07/2013
http://en.rian.ru/military_news/20130709/182147766/New-Russian-Air-Defense-System-to-Detect-Missiles-at-Blastoff.html
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Defense Systems
Multimedia
Russian S-400 Triumf Air Defense System The S-300P surface-to-air
missile system
MOSCOW, July 9 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's new aerospace defense system
will ensure guaranteed detection of enemy ballistic and long-range
cruise missiles at blastoff, a top military official said Tuesday.
General Staff chief Valery Gerasimov said the system would feature
advanced information-gathering, data-processing and attack capabilities
with an early-warning radar system to be deployed along the entire
Russian border.
Other measures will include the modernization of existing
surface-to-air missile systems and the provision of advanced S-400 and
S-500 air defense systems, "capable of reliably protecting critical
installations against air and missile attacks," he said.
That will significantly enhance the survivability of Russia's strategic
nuclear forces, he added.
Priority in the organizational development of Russia's armed forces
through 2020 will be given to the strategic nuclear forces and the
aerospace defense system, Gerasimov said.
Russia's Strategic Missile Forces will continue to be equipped with
advanced Yars ballistic missile systems featuring higher capabilities
in overriding enemy missile defense systems, he said.
In mid-June, Russia's prototype medium-range air defense system that
should replace the S-300 was demonstrated to President Vladimir Putin.
The Vityaz system, manufactured by the Almaz-Antei corporation,
which will have a more advanced radar and a launcher with 16 missiles,
compared with only four on the S-300, should enter service next year,
Almaz-Antei chief designer Igor Ashurbeili previously told RIA Novosti.
The Vityaz will complement the Morfey, S-400 and S-500 air defense
systems in Russia's future aerospace defense network to engage targets
at ranges from five to 400 kilometers, and at altitudes from five
meters to near outer space.
In late May, Russia's Aerospace Defense Forces conducted a series of
snap drills that checked the combat readiness of aerospace defense
units, air force units and air defenses in the Western Military
District, as well as military transport and long-range aviation
command. The exercises involved 8,700 people, 185 aircraft and 240
military vehicles.