Russia Develops Own THAAD-like, GMD-like Missile Defense Systems

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This week Russian civil and defense concern Roselektronika premiered Polyana-D4M1, an automated command and control system for air defense, at the IDEX-2017 defense exhibition in Abu Dhabi. Sputnik gets into the details of what exactly the system is capable of.
Speaking to Expert Online, a representative of Rostec, the state holding company which Roselektronika is part of, explained that the Polyana-D4M1 command and control system is designed to control anti-aircraft missile systems with a variety of ranges, including long-range systems like the S-300, medium-range weapons like the Buk-M1, and short-range systems like the Tor-M1 missile system.

According to Rostec, the Polyana-D4M1 is designed to help defend vast territories of up to 800 by 800 square kilometers (which is about one hundred thousand square kilometers larger than the country of France) against air attack. The system can monitor up to 500 enemy objects at a time, tracking up to 255 of them in real time.

Equipped with 20 data channels, the system collects and processes information from both ground- and air-based radar systems, as well as air traffic control centers. Polyana can communicate with up to 14 anti-aircraft missile systems, command posts and headquarters simultaneously.

In other words, the system coordinates air defense – protecting critical government facilities, industrial areas, military bases and areas where military units may be deployed. In a conflict situation, the Polyana-D4M1 becomes a fire control system for subordinate air defense installations on the basis of data it receives from radar reconnaissance.

The response time for the C&C system (i.e. the time between when Polyana receives the signal and the time it communicates it to subordinate air defense systems to fire) is only 2-3 seconds.

The Polyana-D4M1 package includes the mobile command point itself, a command staff vehicle, a support vehicle, and two mobile diesel electrical generating stations.

According to Rostec, the system is equipped with built-in artificial intelligence and, consequently, is capable of accumulating knowledge. The system is capable of managing air defense in three basic modes –manual (based entirely on operator commands), semi-automatic (the operator is issued recommendations and chooses whether to approve them or not), and fully automatic (where the operator does not take part in the control process, and decisions are managed by AI).

Given the system's use of modern electronics, it is subject to incremental improvements –from the expansion in the number of controllable missile systems, to expansion in the number of radar systems providing it with data.

The Polyana-D4M1 is capable of 'plugging in' to both Russian and foreign-made air defense systems. Accordingly, Rostec says that the system is flexible enough to be a good buy for foreign buyers, since it can be adapted and integrated into the air defense control systems of any country.

Development of the Polyana-D4, the D4M1's predecessor, began in the late Soviet period, with the system adopted into the Soviet Army's air defense forces starting in 1986. Production of the system was initially organized at the Minsk Electromechanical Plant, but later transferred to the Penza Radio Factory in Penza, central Russia. Since then, the system has been given multiple and substantive upgrades, taking into account the serious advances in the radio-electronic industry in recent years.

 

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https://sputniknews.com/military/201702251051033684-russia-yars-icbm/

Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces have received a unique simulator to teach signal officers how to operate the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), the Defense Ministry said Saturday.

https://sputniknews.com/military/201702251051033684-russia-yars-icbm/


MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The RS-24 Yars (NATO reporting name SS-27 Mod 2) carries ICBMs with multiple independently targetable nuclear warheads and has a range of 6,800 miles.

"The training simulator will teach military personnel how to use advanced communication systems of the Yars missile system," the Defense Ministry’s press office announced.

The computer-based training simulator can recreate adverse launch conditions, including the use of radio jammers by the enemy. The equipment boasts uniquely realistic visualization capabilities and can recreate various combat situations in real time.

The RS-24 Yars was introduced into service in July 2010. It is an upgraded version of the Topol-M ballistic missile that can be fired both from a mobile launcher and silo.


Russia's Strategic Missile Forces is expected to be equipped with 108 RS-24 missile defense systems by 2020, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

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The Russian State Scientific Research Institute of Aviation Systems (GosNIIAS) is working on an extremely long-range cruise missile as part of efforts aimed at modernizing the Tupolev Tu-160 strategic bomber, Rossiyskaya Gazeta reported, citing GosNIIAS' First Deputy of the General Director and Supervisor of Studies Evgeny Fedosov.

The new missile will be fitted onto the Tu-160M, an upgrade of the largest and heaviest supersonic aircraft ever built. The modernized version of the White Swan, as the plane has become known, is expected to enter service in the early 2020s.

Fedosov said that the technical characteristics of the new missile are classified, but added that a previous version of the weapon, which carries a conventional payload, has a range of up to 3,000 kilometers (more than 1,864 miles). The new version is expected to have "a significantly longer" range.

The development of the new missile appears to reflect a broader trend in Russia's approach to warfare which has seen the Russian Armed Forces place a greater emphasis on long-range weapons systems designed to counterbalance air defenses of a potential opponent.


"If it is a matter of a strategic nuclear strike, then at least one missile will always reach its target. It will be enough," Fedosov said.

The Tu-160 is capable of carrying Raduga Kh-55SM, Kh-101, Kh-102 or Kh-555 cruise missiles and Raduga Kh-15 short-range nuclear missiles. The Kh-101 is believed to have a maximum range of 5,500 kilometers (over 3,400 miles), while the aircraft itself has a maximum range of 12,300 km (7,643 miles) without refueling.

Defense analyst Dave Majumdar described the Tu-160M as "practically a new aircraft under the hood." The upgrade will see 60 percent of the plane's equipment replaced with top-end gear, including hypersonic missiles, improved avionics and electronics.

 

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MOSCOW, February 28. /TASS/. A drone enclosed in a projectile of Russia’s Smerch multiple launch rocket system will be capable of reconnoitering targets at an altitude of 500 meters during 20 minutes, according to a video presentation shown to TASS at Splav Enterprise (the system’s developer) on Tuesday.

As it follows from the presentation, the drone is designated for prompt target reconnaissance.

"The aerial vehicle’s hovering altitude is 500 meters and the hovering duration is 20 minutes. The aircraft can reconnoiter an area of up to 25 square kilometers," the accompanying text says.

A rocket with a drone can be fired to a maximum distance of 90 km.

As Splav General Designer Nikolai Makarovets said earlier on Tuesday, the Enterprise has already carried out work on this drone at its own expense and expects orders for the aerial vehicle in the imminent future.

 

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New ICBM Sarmat to be put into service soon capable of overpowering any missile defenses - Rogozin (Part 2)

 

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https://sputniknews.com/russia/201703031051220277-russia-air-defense-drills/

KHABAROVSK (Russia) (Sputnik) – Large-scale military exercises of air defense units, with about 8,000 troops involved, take place in the Russian Eastern Military District, the district's spokesman Alexander Gordeev said Friday.

"Large-scale military exercises of air defense units have started on five biggest training areas of the district namely in the Republic of Buryatia, the Primorsky Territory, the Sakhalin Region and the Amur Region. About 8,000 troops, 1,000 military equipment units and 120 flying units are participating in the drills," Gordeev told journalists.

The spokesman specified that the equipment includes such air defense systems as the S-300 surface-to-air missile system, the Osa short-range surface-to-air missile system, the Strela-10 low-altitude surface-to-air missile system, the Tor-M2U air defense missile system, the Pantsir-S combined short to medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery and Shilka self-propelled anti-aircraft gun.

According to Gordeev, the best units will participate in the 2017 International Army Games (IAG) competitions, which are planned to be held on July 29-August 12.

 

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https://sputniknews.com/military/201703051051284500-orion-drone-russia-image/

The first image of a new Russian reconnaissance drone was apparently captured by a satellite, RIA Novosti reported.

The image of the drone was spotted earlier this week on the Terraserver website specializing in aerial and satellite imagery.

The picture was taken at the Gromov Flight Research Institute's taxi lane in the Moscow region. The organization is an important Russian aircraft test base and scientific research center in the city of Zhukovsky.

Russian expert in unmanned aerial vehicles Denis Fedutinov told Sputnik that the drone on the image is supposedly new Russian Orion drone.

"This is the most probable option based on the size and the configuration of the aircraft, as well as due to reports that the test-flights of this unmanned aerial vehicle started this time in this Flight Research Institute," Fedutinov claimed.

The Orion is being developed for the Russian Aerial Forces, the Navy and the Special Forces. Moreover, it has a civilian modification. It's military characteristrics are classified, however, some basic civilian data was shared by the developers of the drone.

According to Fedutinov, the appearance of the UAV in the satellite image differs from that which was shown at exhibitions, including the MAKS international airshow.

In 2013-2015, the company revealed a layout of the Orion, which had a two-boon aircraft design with a high-wing placement and the tail in the form of an inverted V. Meanwhile, the UAV on the satellite image looks more like the US Reaper drone with a V-shaped tail, a longer wing and with an engine on the tail-end.

In May 2016, RIA Novosti reported citing sources that the test-flights of the drone began. The Russian Defense Ministry signed a contract for the development of the drone with the Russian Kronshtadt company.

The Orion UAV is classified as a medium-long duration aerial vehicle. It is assumed that the maximum duration of its flight is not less than 24 hours, while it can fly at a maximum altitude of about 8,000 meters.

According to the project of the drone, Orion's weight should be about 1 ton. In 2015, the former president of Transas Group Nikolai Lebedev revealed data on the drone's characteristics at the MAKS 2015 airshow. The UAV's takeoff weight increased to 1,200 kg, while its payload weight is 300 kg.

 

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Air defense forces to target 'adversary' attack helicopters, drones at drills in western Russia - Defense Ministry

12:55
Russia testing advanced long-range air defense guided missile - Shoigu

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According to the Russian defense minister, Russia has begun testing advanced military equipment intended to navigate the difficulties of the Arctic region.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia has begun testing advanced military equipment intended to navigate the difficulties of the Arctic region, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Tuesday.

"Since February 19, Main Automotive-Armored Directorate experts jointly with industry officials have begun to test modern and advanced models of military equipment intended for work in the difficult climatic conditions of the Far North," Shoigu said via conference call.

 

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http://tass.com/defense/935588
MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Russia’s Space Troops making part of the country’s Aerospace Force will practice detecting ballistic missiles during launches conducted by the Strategic Missile Force, Aerospace Force Commander-in-Chief Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev said in an interview with Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on Wednesday.

"The Space Troops will team up with other branches and services of the Russian Armed Forces to practice detecting ballistic missiles, using the forces and resources of the (Special Designation) Aerospace Army during the demonstrative launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles by the Strategic Missile Force," the commander said.

Over 100 staff drills have been planned to train the space forces’ governance bodies of various level. As many as 40 tactical drills with subordinate military units will be held under the direction of the commanders of space troops’ formations, the general said.

Russia’s Aerospace Force plans to carry out 15 launches of carrier rockets in 2017, the general said.


"For the purpose of building up the orbital grouping of satellites, 15 launches of space carrier rockets have been planned to deliver more than 20 satellites into orbit," Bondarev said.

Also, highly compatible early missile warning radar stations will assume combat duty, the general said.

Russia’s Aerospace Force will also hold live tests with the launch of an anti-missile, the commander said.

"Live tests have been scheduled in anti-ballistic missile defense units with the launch of an anti-missile, as well as over ten joint drills for ABM system crews to prepare counter-missiles for combat use, and also measures to detect and track the launches of domestic carrier rockets and to monitor space vehicles," the commander said, without specifying the anti-missile.

 

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MOSCOW, March 15. /TASS/. Advanced Tor-M2U (NATO reporting name: SA-15 Gauntlet) surface-to-air missile systems have entered into service with the 1st Guards Tank Army in Russia’s Western Military District and will soon assume combat duty in the Moscow Region, the district’s press office said on Wednesday.

"Now combat crews are learning to operate the systems with the involvement of defense industry representatives at the ground forces’ air defense training center in the city of Yeisk in the Krasnodar Territory. The re-training will end with a live-firing tactical exercise at one of the practice ranges in the Astrakhan Region," the press office said.

After the drills, the air defense systems will arrive in the Moscow Region where they will assume combat duty, the district’s press office said.

The Tor-M2U is a modern multipurpose short-range antiaircraft missile system characterized by high mobility. It is capable of successfully accomplishing combat assignments in any situation, including amid the enemy’s active jamming counter-measures. Apart from various aerodynamic targets, the Tor is capable of hitting missiles.

 

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S400 Missile defense system in Moscow region.

https://sputniknews.com/military/201703211051798156-russia-siberia-yars-icbm/

Russia's Novosibirsk division of the Strategic Missile Forces will be armed with the Yars intercontinental ballistic missile in 2017, Strategic Missile Forces Commander Col. Gen. Sergei Karakaev said Tuesday.

NOVOSIBIRSK (Sputnik) — The RS-24 Yars (NATO reporting name SS-27 Mod 2) carries ICBMs with multiple independently targetable nuclear warheads and has a range of 6,800 miles.

"The vision will be fully equipped with Yars mobile ground missile systems this year," Karakaev told Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu on an inspection

The RS-24 Yars was introduced into service in July 2010. It is an upgraded version of the Topol-M ballistic missile that can be fired both from a mobile launcher and silo.

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces is expected to be equipped with 108 RS-24 missile defense systems by 2020, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

 

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Yars missile regiment to be put on combat duty in Q2 2017 - Russian Defense Ministry

https://sputniknews.com/russia/201703241051910979-russia-airdefense-arbalet/

IZHEVSK (Sputnik) – Experimental design work on Russia's advanced short-range air defense system dubbed "Arbalet" will be carried out in 2021-2025, Chief of the Russian Armed Forces Air Defense troops Lt. Gen. Alexander Leonov said Friday.

"The planned date of the realization are 2021-2025," Leonov said.

Commander-in-Chief of the Russian Land Forces Col. Gen. Oleg Salyukov said Thursday that the troops are expected to receive the advanced short-range air defense systems by 2030-2035.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia's Yars intercontinental ballistic missile regiment will enter combat duty in the Republic of Mary El in April-June this year, the acting commander of the Yoshkar-Ola-based 14th missile division said Friday.

"In the second quarter of 2017, the missile regiment equipped with a mobile base Yars-S will take up full combat duty," Col. Oleg Tetyorkin said at the military production acceptance day.

The RS-24 Yars was introduced into service in July 2010. It is an upgraded version of the Topol-M ballistic missile that can be fired both from a mobile launcher and silo.

Russia's Strategic Missile Forces is expected to be equipped with 108 RS-24 missile defense systems by 2020, according to the Russian Defense Ministry.

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https://sputniknews.com/military/201703241051918513-tor-m2-air-defense/

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Demidov said at a military production acceptance day the Tor-M2 delivered by the Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant Kupol "surpasses foreign counterparts by its main characteristics and armament."

The Tor-M is an advanced short-range surface-to-air missile system, designed to defend key military and civilian facilities from attacks by aircraft, cruise and guided missiles, as well as unmanned aerial vehicles.

It can simultaneously detect more than 40 targets, track and attack four of them at once at a range of up to 23,000 feet and at altitudes of up to 19,700 feet.

 

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"Secondly, what we sell today is current manufacture [not the prospective one - TASS]," he said answering the achor's question.

Kozhin added that the Russian Armed Forces still more advanced weapons from defense manufacturers - S-500 air defense and antimissile missile systems that capitalize on novel technological physical principles.

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"One of R&D efforts codenamed Arbalet will be focused on developing a promising robotized short-range air defense system with the expanded capabilities of detecting and hitting advanced air attack weapons, including drones and precision weaponry attacking elements," the commander said.

"This work is planned to be carried out in 2021-2025," Leonov said.

As Russian Army Commander-in-Chief Oleg Salyukov said, a promising short-range anti-aircraft missile system is expected to start arriving for the Army by 2030-2035.

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Tor-M2 short-range anti-aircraft missile system
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"This year, the upgrade of the S-300V4 complex and the adaption of the Tor anti-aircraft missile system for Arctic applications will be completed. Work is in full swing to develop an advanced antiaircraft artillery complex," the general said.

The first brigade set of the upgraded S-300V4 long-range antiaircraft missile system was delivered to the troops in 2014. From next year, only this modification will be operational in the ground force’s air defense armament, the general said.

Also, the ground forces have been supplied with the latest modifications of the Buk and Tor complexes and man-potable air defense systems since 2016, he added.



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MOSCOW, March 23. /TASS/. The Russian General Staff is focused on strengthening the groupings of forces in the western, south-western and Arctic directions during its strategic planning, Head of the General Staff’s Main Operations Department Sergei Rudskoi said on Thursday.

"The General Staff concentrates the basic efforts on increasing combat capabilities, the capabilities of the Armed Forces, deploying and reinforcing the groupings of forces in the western, south-western and Arctic strategic directions," the general said at a ceremony of introducing officers to the Russian president due to their appointment to senior command posts.

Rudskoi told the president that the decisions made by the supreme commander-in-chief "are being implemented within the strictly defined deadlines, guaranteeing Russia’s military security."

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Central Military District artillerymen hold exercise at Totskoye training range in Orenburg region

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Large-scale counterterrorist exercise held in Eastern Military District

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Pantsir, Tor air defense systems adapted to Arctic conditions - Russian defense ministry

 

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http://tass.com/defense/938106

MOSCOW, March 28. /TASS/. Over 20 road-mobile Topol-M and Yars intercontinental ballistic missile systems are being deployed in the field during large-scale exercises currently under way in Central Russia, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday.

The exercise of Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) began in Central Russia’s Ivanovo Region on Monday night.

"In one day, about 20 Topol-M and Yars missile systems are to be deployed in the field," a defense ministry spokesperson said.

The exercise will also involve more than 3,000 servicemen and more than 200 pieces of military hardware. During the drills, RVSN’s anti-terrorism units will train measures to detect, block and eliminate militant groups.


In total, RVSN’s checks to sum up the results of the winter training period will involve more than 10,000 servicemen and 1,000 military vehicles from over 35 military formations.

 

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Three new early-warning radars to be deployed in 2017 - defense ministry

Radar of Missile Defense System

https://sputniknews.com/military/201703301052125532-russia-missile-defense/

Half a century ago, March 30, 1967, the Soviet government established the Anti-Missile and Space Defense Forces. The new entity combined all the then-existing missile defense units. The new forces were aimed at protecting USSR’s crucial industrial and military areas from American intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM).

Despite the fact that by the time the Cold War had already entered its de-escalation stage, nuclear deterrence was a matter of life and death for the Soviet Union.

By 1967, the United States had obtained nearly 32,000 nuclear warheads, the record high in the history of the Moscow-Washington standoff. Moreover, the Minuteman II ICBM entered service with the US military and was capable of breaching any missile defense shield.

By the late-1980s, the USSR created the A-135 missile defense system which still continue to remain operational.
However, the history of Russia’s missile shield is long and challenging.

History

Soviet scientists and engineers first tested ballistic missile interception possibilities back in 1945. However, active research and development works were launched in 1953. The Soviet military leadership was very concerned about the US reportedly developing ICBMs.

On February 1, 1956, two missile defense projects were presented, one of which, the Sistema A, was later approved by the government. On August 17, the government ordered the establishment of a missile defense training range near Lake Balkhash, in Kazakhstan. The site was named Sary Shagan and has been used since then by the Russian military.

Sistema A was controlled by a ground-based computing complex, which calculated the trajectory of a missile based on information gathered from three radio radars. The radars were located at a distance of 170 kilometers from each other, forming a triangle with a V-1000 intercepting missile launcher in the center.

The first practical tests were a failure though. The computers lacked the power to accurately calculate the trajectory. The first successful test was conducted March 4, 1961.

On September 1, 1971, the first Soviet full-fledged missile defense system, the A-35, was deployed and put on combat alert around Moscow. The system was based on principles and technologies tested on the experimental Sistema A.

The A-35 comprised the main command and computing center, two long-range radio-radar stations and four launching complexes. The entire infrastructure was deployed in the Moscow region. The A-35 was capable of intercepting single-block ballistic missiles at a distance of 130-400 km and at an altitude of 50-400 km. The system covered an area of 400 square km.

The A-35 was also planned to be deployed in other areas. However, the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (ABM Treaty) between the US and the Soviet Union allowed such missile defenses only in two areas in each of the countries. In 1974, an amendment to the treaty limited the number of missile defense covered areas to one in each of the two countries. In 2002, Washington unilaterally withdrew from the treaty.

How It Works

The A-35M, the upgraded version of the A-35, was put in service in 1977. Its main distinctive feature was the capability to intercept multiple-warhead ballistic missiles. At the same time, a brand-new missile defense system was in development. It was called the A-135 Amur and entered service in 1990 and five years later it was put on combat alert in the Moscow region.

"Currently, the A-135 is part of the 9th division of the 1st air- and missile-defense army [part of the Russian Aerospace Forces]. The system has been modernized for several times, first of all, including its computing devices. As a result, the system now runs much faster," military expert Mikhail Khodarenok told Sputnik.

To cut a long story short, here is an exemplary algorithm of how the system works. Russian military satellites detect the missile launch of a potential enemy and then the missile is tracked by the Voronezh and Daryal radio-radar stations. At this point, the Russian leadership has time to make a decision on a retaliatory counterstrike. At the same time, the combat mode is activated on the A-135.

The A-135 includes the Don-2N radio-radar station, located in Sofrino, near Moscow. It detects warheads flying in space, at a distance of up to 3,700 km and the information is transmitted to the 5K80 command point. Then, the information is processed and transmitted further to missile launching sites. Each of the missile launching sites deployed around Moscow has 12-16 silos containing 53T6 interceptors capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 60 km and at an altitude of up to 45 km. As of 2016, 68 53T6 interceptors are in service.

"The main feature of the A-135 is that it is completely autonomous, including target acquisition, locking, authorization of the interceptor launch and its aiming," Khodarenok said.

He added that the A-135 is also capable of distinguishing between a warhead and ballistic missile decoys.

The Future of Russia’s Missile Defense

Despite the fact that the A-135 is a sophisticated and efficient system, it is aging. Its replacement is currently in being tested.

"In the future, the A-135 will be replaced by the A-235 Nudol nest-generation missile defense. Information about the new system is classified.

According to available information, it will have a longer range and an increased accuracy. Its development is on schedule, but it’s too early to talk about specific dates," Khodarenok said.

At the same time, according to him, a missile defense system does not provide 100 percent protection from a massive nuclear strike and is capable of intercepting only a limited number of warheads. In addition, the Achilles’ heel of such systems is their silos because potential enemies can obtain their coordinates.

"This last problem will be resolved after S-500 advanced missile defense reinforces the A-235 in the Moscow region and provides protection from enemy missiles in other regions. The S-500 is a mobile system and can change quickly change location," the expert explained.

In February, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said that the first development prototype of the S-500 will be ready by 2020. The system is expected to be capable of intercepting aerodynamic targets (planes, helicopters and drones) and ballistic missiles. Its operational range will be 600 km. The S-500 will be able to destroy up to 10 hypersonic ballistic targets at the same time.

March 30, 16:25 UTC+3
They will make it possible to carry out global non-stop monitoring at all altitudes and angles by 2020, according to the Russian Defense Ministry

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MOSCOW, March 30. /TASS/. Russia’s Space Force has started deploying special new generation ground-based means of space monitoring, the Russian Defense Ministry said.

"The emergence of four new laser-optical and four radio-technical systems of identification of space objects will make it possible to carry out global non-stop monitoring at all altitudes and angles by 2020," the Defense Ministry said.

The first laser-optical system of a new generation has already undergone government certification tests and entered duty in the Altai Territory, the Defense Ministry said.

Since the moment they went operational the space control means have carried out "hundreds of thousands of special works" to identify and keep track of 15,000 space objects, verify the end of the "ballistic existence" of about 5,000 space objects, and issue 300 warnings of dangerous rapprochement of space objects with the operational spacecraft of Russia’s group of satellites.

New-generation satellites
Specialists of the Russian Aerospace Force’s Space Troops are carrying out flight development tests of the first satellite of the single space system’s orbital grouping:

"Specialists of the Aerospace Force’s Space Troops are carrying out flight development tests of the first satellite of the orbital grouping of the single space system that will become the basis of the space echelon of the early missile attack warning system and help considerably reduce the time of detecting the launches of a potential enemy’s ballistic missiles, and also significantly raise the promptness and the reliability of information on warning the country’s military and political leadership about missile threats," the Defense Ministry said.

The orbital grouping of new-generation satellites of the early missile attack warning system will allow ensuring global control of the territory and the water area of the Earth, the Defense Ministry said.

"Over the entire period of combat alert, the early missile attack warning system has detected over 1,500 launches of foreign and domestic ballistic missiles and space rockets," the Defense Ministry said.