Thursday, October 9, 2014

Russia to build space-based system to detect missile launches

Russia will create a space-based ballistic missile warning system capable of detecting launches of inter-continental and tactical missiles, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said Thursday.

"Creation of the unified space system is one of the key directions for the nuclear containment development, especially Russian nuclear deterrent forces," Shoigu told a teleconference with senior ministry officials.
According to the minister, the system will be able to detect launches of various types of missiles, both strategic and tactical, including those launched from underwater positions.

To build the system, Russia plans to place on orbit a group of new-generation satellites and to build a network of modern ground-based information processing centers, RIA Novosti news agency quoted Shoigu as saying.

All equipment and software used in those satellites have been produced in Russia, the minister said, adding that the system will replace Soviet-made ballistic missile early warning systems.

In early September, President Vladimir Putin said Russia would react to new security threats, but stressed that Moscow has no intention of getting involved in any kind of arms race.

To keep up its containment potential, Russia needs to rearm its strategic and long-haul air forces and complete the establishment of airspace defense, especially the first-strike nuclear weaponry, Putin said.
Source:Xinhua -  globaltimes.cn
9/10/15
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2 comments:

  1. Russia Activates Aerospace Defense Radar Aimed at Europe....

    Russia has begun testing a new radar designed to detect highly maneuverable aerial targets – including cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles – at a range of up to 3,000 kilometers (over 1,800 miles), allowing it to cover most of Europe.

    The new-generation over-the-horizon radar, dubbed Container, was put on trial duty near the town of Kovylkino in Russia’s republic of Mordovia on December 2.


    According to Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, the radar will allow Russia to expand its monitoring range and control over the situation “to the west.”

    “I am ordering the commander of the Aerospace Defense Forces [Maj. Gen. Alexander Golovko] and other related command structures to ensure that the new radar becomes fully operational by the end of 2015,” Shoigu said at a Defense Ministry meeting Monday.

    The deployed Container radar is part of the 590th separate radio-technical unit, which includes a command post, a transmission and reception antenna and a communications and data-management unit.

    Russia is planning to deploy a network of Container-type radars to provide early detection of airborne threats over its entire territory and beyond its borders. Specific dates, the number of radar stations, their location and other details have not been disclosed.
    ria.ru
    9/12/13

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  2. Russie : le lancement des missiles balistiques sera détecté depuis l'espace...

    La mise en place d'un système spatial uni (SSU) permettra à la Russie de détecter les lancements des missiles balistiques existants et futurs, a déclaré le ministre russe de la Défense Sergueï Choïgou.

    La création du SSU est un axe clé de développement des forces de dissuasion nucléaire de Russie. Ce système remplacera le système d'avertissement datant de l'époque de l'URSS. Le SSU regroupera des appareils spatiaux de génération nouvelle et des postes de commandement modernisés capables de gérer le groupe orbital et de recevoir et de traiter l'information en régime automatique.
    Lire la suite: http://french.ruvr.ru/news/2014_10_09/Russie-le-lancement-des-missiles-balistiques-sera-detecte-depuis-lespace-6058/
    9/10/14

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