Contents tagged with radar
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Russian media: Russia deploys radars capable of detecting cruise missiles for thousands of kilometers
The Russian Ministry of Defense stated that it is deploying groups of unique Voronezh VP radar units capable of detecting cruise missiles from a distance of several thousands of kilometers, the newspaper Izvestiya writes.
According to the newspaper, regular radars can only detect cruise missiles from several tens of kilometers away.
The Voronezh VP, once it detects targets, will transmit their coordinates to S-300V, S-400 and in future S-500 “Prometheus” surface-to air missile systems.
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Russia created nuclear missile defense shield
Russia has created a continuous radar field along the perimeter of the country to defend against nuclear attack, as stated by Russian Defense Minister Sergey Shoygu, Interfax reports.
According to Shoygu, in 2016 three new Voronezh radar stations in Omsk, Barnaul and Yeniseysk were successfully tested. Three existing stations in Baranovichi, Murmansk and Pechora were also reworked.
"All this has allowed us, for the first time in the history of new Russia, to establish a continuous radar field …