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

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TASS: Russia - Russia test fires Yars intercontinental ballistic missile — Defense Ministry

December 26, 12:02 UTC+3

The missile’s dummy warheads were fired from the Plesetsk military cosmodrome and hit a target at the Kura range in Kamchatka in the Russian Far East

“On December 26, 2014 at 11:02 am, Moscow time, the solid-propellant RS-24 Yars mobile ground ICBM with a multiple warhead was test fired from the Plesetsk state test cosmodrome by a combined combat crew of the RVSN and Aerospace Defense Forces,” the official said.

According to Yegorov, the main goals of Friday’s launch were to confirm operational reliability of missiles of the RS-24 Yars system that have been made in 2013 and 2014, as well as to confirm the combat and performance characteristics of the system itself.

Kamchatka in the Russian Far East

TASS: Russia - Russia’s future railway-based system Barguzin to carry 6 ballistic missiles — source
Russia
December 26, 13:18 UTC+3
"One regiment of the recreated new-generation Barguzin system will be able to carry six Yars or Yars-M intercontinental ballistic missiles," the source said.

He added that one Barguzin division will comprise five regiments.

Barguzin, which is being developed at the Moscow-based Institute of Thermal Engineering, is expected to enter service in 2018-2019.

TASS: Russia - Modern air defence missile systems S-300V4, Tor-M2U supplied to Ground Troops

December 26, 7:02 UTC+3
MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. The Air Defence Forces of the Ground Troops have taken into service advanced air defence missile systems S-300V4 and Tor-M2U in the outgoing year, official of the press service and information department of Russian Defence Ministry for the Ground Troops Major Kirill Kiselev told TASS.

“According to state contracts in 2014 two division sets of S-300V4 and Tor-M2U were supplied to the Air Defence Forces. Ahead of the New Year an air defence missile system S-300V4 was delivered for an air defence formation in the Southern Military District,” he said.

S-300V4 purchases planned under state armament programme until 2020 enable to arm all air defence missile brigades of the Ground Troops which should have this type of weapons, Kiselev added.

Meanwhile, four sets of a modern mobile air defence missile system Verba, were delivered to the armed forces, including two systems to the Airborne Forces and other two to multi-service units of the Ground Troops this year.

Verba is a state-of-the-art air defence missile system thanks to its high striking accuracy of low-radiation targets, such as cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

• Southern Military District with headquarters in Rostov-on-Don

S300V

Tor-M2U

 

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TASS: Russia - Russia test fires Yars intercontinental ballistic missile — Defense Ministry

December 26, 12:02 UTC+3

The missile’s dummy warheads were fired from the Plesetsk military cosmodrome and hit a target at the Kura range in Kamchatka in the Russian Far East

“On December 26, 2014 at 11:02 am, Moscow time, the solid-propellant RS-24 Yars mobile ground ICBM with a multiple warhead was test fired from the Plesetsk state test cosmodrome by a combined combat crew of the RVSN and Aerospace Defense Forces,” the official said.

According to Yegorov, the main goals of Friday’s launch were to confirm operational reliability of missiles of the RS-24 Yars system that have been made in 2013 and 2014, as well as to confirm the combat and performance characteristics of the system itself.

Kamchatka in the Russian Far East

TASS: Russia - Russia’s future railway-based system Barguzin to carry 6 ballistic missiles — source
Russia
December 26, 13:18 UTC+3
"One regiment of the recreated new-generation Barguzin system will be able to carry six Yars or Yars-M intercontinental ballistic missiles," the source said.

He added that one Barguzin division will comprise five regiments.

Barguzin, which is being developed at the Moscow-based Institute of Thermal Engineering, is expected to enter service in 2018-2019.

TASS: Russia - Modern air defence missile systems S-300V4, Tor-M2U supplied to Ground Troops

December 26, 7:02 UTC+3
MOSCOW, December 25. /TASS/. The Air Defence Forces of the Ground Troops have taken into service advanced air defence missile systems S-300V4 and Tor-M2U in the outgoing year, official of the press service and information department of Russian Defence Ministry for the Ground Troops Major Kirill Kiselev told TASS.

“According to state contracts in 2014 two division sets of S-300V4 and Tor-M2U were supplied to the Air Defence Forces. Ahead of the New Year an air defence missile system S-300V4 was delivered for an air defence formation in the Southern Military District,” he said.

S-300V4 purchases planned under state armament programme until 2020 enable to arm all air defence missile brigades of the Ground Troops which should have this type of weapons, Kiselev added.

Meanwhile, four sets of a modern mobile air defence missile system Verba, were delivered to the armed forces, including two systems to the Airborne Forces and other two to multi-service units of the Ground Troops this year.

Verba is a state-of-the-art air defence missile system thanks to its high striking accuracy of low-radiation targets, such as cruise missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

• Southern Military District with headquarters in Rostov-on-Don

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i am posting all this in Russian Missile defense system which includes ICBM's , Radars, interceptors, launchers as its a unified command.

 

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I have read that Independence of Ukraine and other Ex SSR republics were done on the basis of the USSR regions and on this basis only ex SSR republics got Indpendence from USSR in which Russian Federation was the driving force.

Blaming things on Gorbachev or Yeltsin for the whole current situation would be incorrect. We all know that the Separatists are being backed by regular forces of Russian Federation.

TASS: Russia - Serious meetings needed to settle situation around Ukraine — Gorbachev
December 26, 21:05 UTC+3
“All of us, both politicians and society, are worried over what is going on in Ukraine," Mikhail Gorbachev said

“All of us, both politicians and society, are worried over what is going on in Ukraine. What has always been our inborn trait is that our government is supporting people who are in trouble, is receiving thousands of such people, regardless of our own troubles.”

When asked about possible development of the situation, Gorbachev said: “Serious meetings are needed, a serious conversation.” He reminded that he had already come out with an idea of a meeting between the United States and Russian leaders.

Russian President Vladimir Putin, in his words, has recently “voiced serious criticism of NATO and its expansion plans.” “I see the situation won’t improve. To a larger extent, I think, the president is right pointing to a special responsibility of the United States,” he noted.

 

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TASS: Russia - Russia’s new military doctrine allows creation of joint missile defense systems

MOSCOW, December 26 /TASS/. Russia’s new military doctrine does not rule out creation of joint missile defense systems together with other countries on condition of Russia’s equal participation. The doctrine’s 2010 edition did not mention that possibility.

The document published on the Kremlin website on Friday sets forth Russia’s main tasks in deterring and preventing military conflicts. They include creation of mechanisms of mutually beneficial bilateral and multilateral cooperation in counteracting possible missile threats, including, if necessary, creation of joint missile defense systems if Russia has equal participation in these projects.

In addition to that, the document goes on to say, the Military doctrine provides for preventing attempts by separate countries (or a group of countries) to gain military superiority by stationing strategic anti-missile defense systems and strategic non-nuclear systems of precision weapons as well as deploying weapons in outer space.

Is it expansion of CTSO Missile shield ?

 

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TASS: Russia - Air force and air defense army for Russia's Arctic to be in place 2015 — General Staff

December 29, 18:12 UTC+3

The formation of the Arctic military command is part of Russia’s ongoing extensive program to build up presence in the Arctic

The formation of the Arctic military command is part of Russia’s ongoing extensive program to build up its presence in the Arctic. Last March, President Vladimir Putin said that the armed forces’ training and development efforts should incorporate measures to increase the combat component of the Arctic group. The Defense Ministry has since made several steps along these lines. Russia’s Defense Ministry is going to build 13 airdromes and 10 radars in the Arctic.

Russia announced it was recreating its military base on the Novosibirsk Islands in the Laptev Sea. An airfield was opened on Kotelny, the largest island of the archipelago. Another military airport, Rogachyovo, commissioned on the southern island of the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago, is capable of accommodating fighter jets.

The construction of the Tiksi airdrome in Yakutia’s northernmost locality, inside the Arctic circle, will be completed in 2015. Three airdromes - in the Alykel community (the Krasnoyarsk Territory), in Vorkuta (the Komi Republic), and in Anadyr, the administrative center of Chukotka, will be expanded.

Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu said in late October that Russia will have full radar coverage of the Arctic region this year, while next year it will be ready “to meet unwanted guests” both from the north and from the east.

TASS: Russia - Russia's Arctic group to get Orlan-10 drones by year end
A combined Arctic strategic command went operational on December 1 in Russia's northernmost regions. The formation of the Arctic military command is part of Russia’s ongoing extensive program to build up its presence in the Arctic.

 

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TASS: Russia - Russia to deploy regiment of S-400 launchers on Novaya Zemlya 2015

Russia to deploy regiment of S-400 launchers on Novaya Zemlya 2015
Russia
December 30, 12:02 UTC+3
The new strategic Arctic Command went operational on December 1 on the basis of the Northern Fleet

MOSCOW, December 30. /TASS/. A regiment of air defense missile systems S-400 Triumf will be formed for the newly-created Arctic Command and deployed on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago next year.

“There are plans for forming an air defense regiment of the S-400 launchers to be deployed on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago and a battery of Pantsir-S1 combined surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon systems, to be stationed at an air base inside the Arctic Circle,” a source at the General Staff has said.

According to earlier reports, an air defense unit based in the Kola Peninsula was armed with S-400 systems this year and Pantsir-S1 were deployed on the Novosibirsk islands.

The new strategic Arctic Command went operational on December 1 on the basis of the Northern Fleet. It incorporates a number of units of three military districts.

 

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Russia's Northern Fleet Receives S-400 Air Defense Systems: Spokesperson / Sputnik International
09.01.2015

With 9 regiments already deployed across the country , the S-400 is expected to become a cornerstone of Russian air and missile defense by 2020.


MOSCOW, January 9 (Sputnik) — Russia's Northern Fleet has increased its air defense capability with the addition of S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems, the Fleet's spokesperson Vadim Serga said Friday.
"A division of air defense of the Northern Fleet has adopted into service new S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems," Serga stated without giving further details.

The S-400 Triumph long- to medium-range surface-to-air missile system can engage any aerial target, including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and cruise and ballistic missiles at a distance of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles) and an altitude of up to 30 kilometers (18.6 miles).
The S-400 is expected to form the cornerstone of Russian air and missile defense by 2020 with 9 regiments already deployed across the country as of December 2014.

The bolstering of Russia's Northern Fleet with S-400 systems comes amid the country's strategy to boost its presence in the Arctic region. Russian President Vladimir Putin noted in December that the country is not planning to militarize the Arctic, but is merely taking necessary measures to ensure a secure defense in the region.

Northern Fleet - The fleet has access to the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans from bases on the Barents and Norwegian Seas.

 

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S-400 Air Defense Systems to Protect Skies Above Moscow / Sputnik International

10.01.2015

MOSCOW, January 10 (Sputnik) — The airspace around Moscow will be protected by the fourth regimental set of S-400 Triumph (SA-21 Growler) air defense systems, Russian Defense Ministry’s spokesperson told RIA Novosti Saturday.
"In 2015, one of the air defense missile system regiments in the Moscow region… will adopt into service the modern long-range air defense missile system S-400 Triumph," Col. Alexei Zolotukhin, a spokesperson for Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces, said.

This regimental set will be the fourth as three S-400 regiments are deployed near Moscow in the cities of Dmitrov, Zvenigorod and Elektrostal.

The S-400 Triumph long- to medium-range surface-to-air missile system can engage any aerial target, including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and cruise and ballistic missiles at a distance of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles) and an altitude of up to 30 kilometers (over 98,400 feet).
The S-400 is expected to form the cornerstone of Russian air and missile defense by 2020 with nine regiments already deployed across the country as of December 2014.

 

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Russia Will Test Launch Iskander-M Missiles During March Drills / Sputnik International
15.01.2015)

MOSCOW, January 15 (Sputnik) — Two missile battalions of the Central Military District (CMD) will test launch a number of Iskander-M tactical ballistic missiles during exercises in southern Russia in March, CMD spokesperson Col. Yaroslav Roshupkin said Thursday.

"In early March, after the completion of military training courses, the full-size unit will take part in combat launching exercises at the Kapustin Yar testing range," Roshupkin said.

The spokesperson added that two CMD missile force battalions have arrived at a testing range in Astrakhan Region to undergo an Iskander-M command and control training course ahead of the drills.

The units were fully equipped with Iskander-M theater ballistic missile complexes last November.

 

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TASS: Russia - Russia’s Strategic Missile Troops begin this year’s first snap check
January 20, 11:16 UTC+3
More than 1,200 troops have been involved in the check

MOSCOW, January 20. /TASS/. The Russian Strategic Missile Troops have started a surprise combat readiness check in the Uzhursk missile unit, in the Krasnoyarsk Territory, the press service of the military branch said on Tuesday.

The troops were inspected for their readiness to combat terrorism.

“More than 1,200 troops have been involved in the check. In 2015, at least four similar checks are planned,” the statement reads.

The snap drill is conducted in order to ascertain the readiness of troops to perform tasks of being put on high alert in required time. More than 20 designated tasks will be performed, including evacuation amid terror attack threat and explosive device disposal.

The tasks will include cooperation with the Emergencies Ministry, Interior Ministry and Russia’s Federal Security Service (FSB).

 

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TASS: Russia - Elements of new missile defense system tested in Russia

January 23, 19:53 UTC+3
Russian analogues of US’s THAAD and GMD missile defense systems are expected to be developed in the next few years

ST. PETERSBURG, January 23. /TASS/. Russia is testing elements of a new missile defense system, Yan Novikov, CEO of Almaz-Antei Concern, said on Friday.

“Currently, we are carrying out field tests of elements of a new missile defense system,” he said.

Meanwhile, he noted that the missile defense system that was developed in the 1990s is still being used as having no analogues in the world by a number of parameters.

In December 2014, Almaz-Antei’s designer general Pavel Sozinov said that Russian analogues of US’s THAAD and GMD missile defense systems would be developed in the next few years.

Russia’s new military doctrine allows creation of joint missile defense systems

Russia’s new military doctrine does not rule out creation of joint missile defense systems together with other countries on condition of Russia’s equal participation. The doctrine’s 2010 edition did not mention that possibility.

The document published in late December sets forth Russia’s main tasks in deterring and preventing military conflicts. They include creation of mechanisms of mutually beneficial bilateral and multilateral cooperation in counteracting possible missile threats, including, if necessary, creation of joint missile defense systems if Russia has equal participation in these projects.

In addition to that, the document goes on to say, the Military doctrine provides for preventing attempts by separate countries (or a group of countries) to gain military superiority by stationing strategic anti-missile defense systems and strategic non-nuclear systems of precision weapons as well as deploying weapons in outer space.

 

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TASS: Russia - Russia’s defence sector does not depend on Ukrainian-made components - defence ministry
Russia
January 24, 22:35 UTC+3
"The Ukrainian problem is closed. We have no doubts that our plans will not be wrecked because of problems with supplies", - he told the RSN radio station

MOSCOW, January 24. /TASS/. Russia’s defence sector no longer depends on Ukrainian-made components, Russian Deputy Defence Minister Yuri Borisov said on Saturday.

“The Ukrainian problem is closed. We have no doubts that our plans will not be wrecked because of problems with supplies. We have found a way to secure ourselves. We have no dependence on supplies from Ukraine,” he told the RSN radio station.

Drop tests of the heavy ballistic missile Sarmat are planned for 2015, Yuri Borisov said.

“This year, we plan the so-called drop tests. I think we will the through with design and development work as scheduled,” he told the Ekho Moskvy radio station.

He said the Sarmat missile surpassed missiles of the previous generation. “Its destructive payload is up to ten tonnes,” he said.

 

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TASS: World - US missile defense system cannot intercept Russian strategic missiles — deputy PM

January 26, 11:50 UTC+3
“Neither the current nor even prospective American missile defense system can stop or challenge Russian strategic missile potential,” Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said

MOSCOW, January 26. /TASS/. The American missile defense system is unable to counter Russia’s strategic missiles, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said on Monday.

“Neither the current nor even prospective American missile defense system can stop or challenge Russian strategic missile potential,” Rogozin said in a program on the Rossiya 1 TV channel.

However, the deputy prime minister declined to specify any technical characteristics of Russia’s strategic missiles.

 

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New Russian Heavy Ballistic Missile Sarmat to Be Test Launched in 2016-2017 / Sputnik International

29.01.2015)
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The Sarmat ICBM, with an operational range of no less than 5,500 kilometers, will replace the world’s largest strategic missile Voevoda (NATO reporting name – Satan) between 2018 and 2020.

MOSCOW, January 29 (Sputnik) — Full-scale testing of the new Russian Sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile may be held in a year or year and a half after the drop tests scheduled in 2015, Lenta.Ru reported Thursday.

"If the drop tests go according to the plan and the missile performs well, it will be test launched in a year or a year and a half" according to a military source.

In the missile industry, the drop tests are primary tests aimed at performing the starting procedure of the missile.

The drop tests check the separate stages of the missile, according to the source.
"We use a special platform for checking the missile’s lift capacity," the source said.

The schedule of the drop tests is difficult to ascertain now, but in the industry they are usually performed at the end of the year, the source added.

Earlier, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov said the drop tests of Sarmat were scheduled to his year. Besides, Russian Strategic Missile Forces commander Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev said the new missile was set to enter service by 2020.

The Sarmat ICBM, with an operational range of no less than 5,500 kilometers (over 3,400 miles), will replace the world’s largest strategic missile Voevoda (NATO reporting name – Satan) between 2018 and 2020.

While the technical specifications are currently unknown, the missile has been designated as heavy. Earlier Borisov said Sarmat’s payload would be roughly 10 tons.

According to the classification of the START treaties, a heavy missile is a missile weighing more than 105 tons. Satan is 211 tons in bulk and has a payload of 8.7 tons.