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

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http://tass.com/defense/938610


VLADIVOSTOK, March 31. /TASS/. Russia's S-300 surface-to-air missile systems hit a simulated enemy's ground air defense objects during drills in eastern Siberia's Republic of Buryatia, a spokesman for the Eastern Military District told TASS Friday.

The launches were conducted as part of large-scale exercises at the Telemba training ground.

"Crews of the S-300 missile systems performed rocket strikes at ground air defense objects of a simulated enemy," the head of the Eastern Military District’s press service, Col. Alexander Gordeyev, said.

As part of the exercises, Buk missile systems and the latest Tor-M2U air defense missile systems hit small high-speed targets that simulated drones, while about 20 simulated aircraft were downed by the Strela-10 short-range air defense missile system, the Igla man-portable infrared homing surface-to-air missile and the Shilka self-propelled, radar guided anti-aircraft weapon.

"The district’s aviation and air defense grouping continues its combat duty and is ready for any changes in the air situation," Gordeyev said.

 

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Pantsir-S1 (NATO reporting name SA-22 Greyhound), is a short-to-medium range surface-to-air missile/gun system that first entered service with the Russian army in 2012.

 

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12:14
Russian Aerospace Forces to receive S-500 system shortly, receive 5 S-400 systems, new radar stations every year - commander

12:33
NEW S-400 MISSILES ABLE TO DESTROY TARGETS IN NEAR-THE-EARTH SPACE AT LONG DISTANCES AND AT HIGH SPEED - RUSSIAN AEROSPACE FORCES DEPUTY COMMANDER

The crews of S-300 and S-400 air defense systems shot down cruise missiles launched by an imaginary enemy during an air defense drill held in Russia’s eastern Buryatia republic, Rossiiskaya Gazeta wrote, citing the Eastern Ministry District press service.
The cruise missiles were fired by Tu-95MS strategic bombers covered by an escort of Su-30SM fighter jets.

“On the closing day of the exercise, the operators of S-400 and S-300PS air defense systems successfully repelled an attack with multiple cruise missiles,” the EMD press service said in a statement.

A number of ballistic and aerodynamic decoys were also deployed in the imitation attack and were taken out by the crews of S-400, S-300PS and Pantsir-S anti-missile and anti-aircraft systems, the statement added.

The S-400 Triumf is Russia's next-generation air defense system, capable of carrying four different types of missiles able to destroy aerial targets at short, medium, long and very-long ranges between 40 and 400 km.

The weapon is designed to be able to track and destroy all enemy air objects, including airplanes, helicopters, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles flying at speeds of up to 4,800 m per second; they are also capable of targeting ground objectives.

Designed by the Almaz/Antei Air Defense Concern, and built by the Fakel Machine-Building Design Bureau, the S-400 were introduced into the Russian military in 2007.

As of 2016, Russia had received 39 divisions, or 312 launchers.

Strangely enough, the drill in Buryatia coincided with Thursday night’s launch by the United States of 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles at the Syrian military airfield in Ash Sha’irat, located about 40 kilometers from the city of Homs.

 

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https://sputniknews.com/military/201704081052439809-russia-s-500/

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The S-500 is a new generation surface-to-air missile system with a range of 400-600 kilometers (250-370 miles), designed for intercepting and destroying intercontinental ballistic missiles, as well as hypersonic cruise missiles and aircraft.

"Every year we get five S-400 air defense systems, new radar stations. We are satisfied with that pace, the further development is ongoing. We [Defense Ministry] and the defense industry are not standing still, the modern S-500 missile system is rapidly developing, and in the near future it will be put into service with the air defense," Bondarev said.

In late February, head of the Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy Vladimir Lyaporov said that the training of the specialists, set to work with S-500 systems, was launched.

 

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12:56
Aerospace Forces to receive 4 S-400 missile air defense systems in 2017

https://sputniknews.com/military/201704081052438588-russia-s-400-space-targets/

Russian S-400 air defense systems have begun to receive missiles capable of destroying targets in the near space, Aerospace Forces' Deputy Commander-in-Chief Lt. Gen. Viktor Gumenny said Saturday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The S-400 is Russia's next-generation air defense system, carrying three different types of missiles capable of destroying aerial targets at a short-to-extremely-long range. The weapon is capable of tracking and destroying all existing aerial targets, including ballistics and cruise missiles.

"Recently we have been receiving new missiles, which let us work in near space, long distances and high speeds," Gumenny told the Echo of Moscow radio, answering the question on whether the new missiles will be able to destroy objects in near space.

 

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13:31
Modernized Iskander-M missile system to be ready after 2020 - Chemezov

14:15
ISKANDER-M MISSILE COMPLEX DOES NOT BREACH INT'L TREATIES - RUSSIAN DEFENSE MINISTRY

https://sputniknews.com/military/201704111052523220-russia-iskander-m-upgrade/


Russia will present an improved version of the Iskander-M mobile missile system after 2020.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia's Rostec state corporation plans to unveil an upgraded Iskander-M mobile missile system after 2020, Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov told reporters Tuesday.

"In accordance with the adopted 'Vooruzheniye' [Armament] cluster strategy, we intend to improve tactical missile systems in the next 10 years. The upgraded version of Iskander-M will be presented after 2020," Chemezov said.

The corporation's board adopted the armament strategy last Wednesday, April 5, envisioning annual 17-percent profit increases into 2025 through the development of new products.

 

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12:19
S-400 battalion put on combat duty at Russian Northern Fleet's base in Karelia

https://sputniknews.com/military/201704291053133543-s400-russia-air-defense/
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Russia has deployed the battalion of S-400 Triumf air defense system on combat duty in the country’s northwestern naval base, the press service of the Russian Navy's Northern Fleet said Saturday.

"Today, the battalion, equipped with the S-400 Triumf, a new surface-to-air missile system, has entered combat duty of the national air defense of the Northern Fleet's Belomorskaya naval base. Before that the systems of the previous generation- S-300 Favorit were on duty,” the Northern Fleet's press service said.

The new generation system will provide air defense for the forces of the Belomorskaya naval base as well as for the shipbuilding, ship repair and other industrial enterprises of the cities of Severodvinsk and Arkhangelsk, according to the press service.

The S-400 Triumf is a next-generation mobile surface-to-air missile system which integrates a multifunctional radar, autonomous detection and targeting systems, anti-aircraft missile systems, launchers, and a command and control center. It is capable of firing three types of missiles that can hit aerial targets at short-to-extremely long ranges.

 

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20:48
Shoigu to inspect deployment status of air defense missile brigade armed with S-300 missile systems to Krasnoyarsk territory - Russian Defense Ministry

 

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MOSCOW, May 3. /TASS/. An instrument engineering research institute in Novosibirsk has created a new radar for monitoring air and outer space, the institute’s CEO, Pavel Zabolotny, told a TASS news conference.

"We are conducting research into products meant for the Defense Ministry, such as air and space defense radars of the future," he said. "An experimental sample of such a radar has been made and tested. The testing was successful," Zabolotny said.


He added that the research center would be developing modern sensors for both civilian and defense industries.

"Regrettably, it is sensors used in military products that have gone outdated. The special materials still being used are outdated, too, and the manufacturing know-hows have been lost," Zabolotny said, adding that his research center and the Russian Academy of Sciences would pool efforts to develop new generation sensors.

This is a no easy task and it will require many years to accomplish, but the first results may become available already in the first year of work.

The Novosibirsk instrument engineering institute is an affiliate of the concern Almaz-Antey. It participated in the development of a self-propelled radar for detecting S-300 and S-400 air defense systems and target detection and setting systems for Buk missile launchers.



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http://tass.com/defense/944407

 

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19:44
Russian Strategic Rocket Forces attack group to be re-armed with 5G missile systems by 2027 - Russian Defense Ministry

https://sputniknews.com/military/20...rategic-missile-forces-fifth-generation-yars/

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — All missile divisions of Russia's Strategic Missile Forces (RVSN) will be rearmed with 5th-generation ballistic missile systems by 2027, the Russian Defense Ministry said Friday.

"The development and adoption of a new missile system with a heavy missile, as well as new systems with missiles of a lighter class, will completely change the composition of the strike group of the Strategic Missile Forces: until 2027, all missile divisions will be rearmed with missile systems of the 5th-generation," the ministry said in a press release citing RVSN Commander Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev.

The RS-24 Yars solid-fuel ballistic missile can carry multiple independently targetable nuclear warheads, and is designed to evade missile defense systems up to a range of 7,500 miles.

The RS-24 Yars was introduced into service in July 2010.


It is an upgraded version of the Topol-M ballistic missile (also a fifth-generation missile) that can be fired both from a mobile launcher and silo.

In the course of its development, the experience of the military operation of fifth generation's mobile ground missile systems was taken into account.

http://tass.com/defense/944781

MOSCOW, May 5. /TASS/. New satellite communications vehicles Loshchina-GUS based on Tigr armored vehicles have passed state trials and will arrive for the Russian troops in the second half of 2017, the press office of Ruselectronics hi-tech manufacturer said on Friday.

"Ruselecronics Holding Company [part of Rostec Corporation] has launched the serial production of the R-444-D satellite communications station based on the Tigr-M SpN special-purpose vehicle for the Defense Ministry of Russia," the press office said.

"Compared to previous-generation stations, the new product, which is code-named Loshchina-GUS, can operate in motion and does not require any time for deployment," Ruselectronics said, adding that the vehicles had already passed state trials and the first stations would start arriving for the troops in the second half of 2017.

The new satellite communications station is based on the chassis of the Tigr-M SpN armored vehicle. It is protected from interference and equipped with a special antenna.

The vehicle is also supplied with a mobile operator’s place that can be moved far away from the station without losing the communications function.

The communications stations have been developed by Radiosvyaz Enterprise based in Krasnoyarsk in East Siberia. The new stations are designed to provide troops with highly reliable and secure satellite communications.

The new stations can be quickly deployed in any terrain and be automatically guided to a retransmission unit, providing round-the-clock communications in harsh weather conditions.

The Loshchina-GUS can provide a fast-speed digital communications channel for video conferences, telephone and facsimile communications, and also transmit encrypted information via a satellite channel. The system can operate through re-transmitters of Globus-1M, Meridian, Sfera, Blagovest, Yamal and Express-AM satellites.

 

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09:20
New types of missiles to increase range, accuracy of Iskander systems - Russian Defense Ministry

11:38
Baltic Fleet helicopter crews destroy mock enemy's armor, fortifications near Kaliningrad

11:30
Caspian flotilla's missile ships practice destroying "hostile" installations

 

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May 24, 9:24 UTC+3
The Kasta-2 low-altitude surveillance radar is designed to control airspace and to perform automatic detection of unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles

KHABAROVSK, May 24. /TASS/. A new Kasta-2 low-altitude air surveillance radar entered combat duty at an airbase in Russia’s Far East, the Eastern Miltary District’s press service said on Wednesday.

"The fighter aviation air base of the Eastern Military District, headquartered in the Primorye Region, has received a new Kasta-2 air surveillance station," an Eastern Military district spokesman said, adding that the system has already entered combat duty.

The Kasta-2 low-altitude surveillance radar is designed to control airspace and to perform automatic detection, range/azimuth/altitude measurements and flight path characteristics of fixed-wing and rotary-wing aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles and cruise missiles, including low-flying, terrain-hugging and stealth ones.



Performance and specifications

Waveband
UHF (decimeter)
Scan zone:
range, km-5–150
azimuth, deg-360
altitude, km-max 6


Detection range for targets with radar cross-section of 2 m2, km:
with standard antenna:
target altitude 100 m-41
target altitude 1000 m-95
with antenna on 50 m lightweight transportable mast:
target altitude 100 m-55
target altitude 1000 m-95

Detection range for targets with radar cross-section of 0.3 m2 flying at altitude of
60 m, km:
with standard antenna-30
with antenna on 50 m lightweight transportable mast:44



Scanning interval, sec-5 and 10

Coordinate accuracy:

range, m-100

azimuth, min-40

altitude, m-900

Set-up (tear-down) time, min-20

Continuous radar system operation, days- Maz 20

Operating conditions:

ambient air temperature, ºC-±50

wind speed, m/s-max 25

altitude above sea level, m-max 2000

Average time to overhaul, hours-15,000

Average life to overhaul, years-25

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http://tass.com/defense/947309

MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. The Russian Armed Forces received 40 precision weapon carriers and 180 long-range cruise missiles in 2016, which helped increase their non-nuclear long-range capabilities by a third, Russia’s Defense Minister Army General Sergey Shoigu said on Wednesday.

"In the past year alone, units and formations received 40 precision weapon carriers and 180 long-range cruise missiles. This helped increase the Armed Forces’ capabilities for striking enemy targets by a third," Shoigu said in the upper house of Russia’s parliament.

Russia’s long-range ground-based, sea-and airborne non-nuclear containment weapons are arriving for troops at an accelerated pace, he said.

As a whole, Russia’s nuclear triad is 60% furnished with modern armaments, the defense minister said.

S-400 missile systems
Thirteen air defense regiments in the Russian Armed Forces have been armed with the most advanced S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems:

"The number of air defense missile regiments armed with the S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile systems has been brought up to 13," Shoigu has noted.

For the first time in Russia’s newest history, a continuous radar field of the missile attack warning system has been created along the country’s perimeter to cover all the strategic aerospace directions and all types of ballistic missile flight trajectories, the defense minister said.

"The share of modern types of armament in the Aerospace Force has reached 66%," the defense minister said.

Yars systems for Russia's strategic nuclear forces
About 20 missile regiments in the Russian ground-based strategic nuclear forces will be rearmed with Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems:

"By 2021, the ground-based strategic nuclear forces will have 17 missile regiments rearmed with Yars systems. Advanced strategic missile systems being developed now will start arriving for the troops," Shoigu said.

These measures, along with the delivery of nuclear-powered submarines to the Navy, will help bring the share of modern weaponry in the strategic nuclear forces to 72%, which will enable Russia to maintain its nuclear containment potential at the required level, the defense minister said.

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May 24, 14:58 UTC+3
Iskander tactical ballistic missile systems are capable of hitting both small-size and large-area targets at a distance of up to 500 km

http://tass.com/defense/947360
MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. The Russian ground forces are scheduled to be fully rearmed with modern Iskander-M tactical ballistic missiles by late 2020, Russia’s Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.

"As for the general-purpose forces, self-sufficient groupings of troops and forces capable of adequately responding to any military security threats will be established in all the strategic directions, including the Arctic, by late 2020. The Army is expected to have been fully rearmed with modern Iskander-M missile systems by that time," the defense minister said in the upper house of Russia’s parliament.

The Iskander-M tactical missile system is designated for making concealed preparations and delivering high-accuracy missile strikes against various objectives in the enemy’s tactical depth within a guaranteed destruction range of 50 to 500 km in various theaters of operation and any conditions, including amid active missile defense and jamming counter-measures.

Iskander tactical ballistic missile systems are capable of hitting both small-size and large-area targets at a distance of up to 500 km to destroy missile and multiple launch rocket systems, long-range artillery guns, aircraft and helicopters at aerodromes, command posts and communications centers.

The Iskander tactical ballistic missile complex includes a launcher, a loader-transporter, a routine maintenance vehicle, a command post vehicle, an information post, an ammunition equipment set and training aids.

http://tass.com/defense/947377

MOSCOW, May 24. /TASS/. Nine missile regiments of the Russian Armed Forces have been rearmed with modern Yars intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) systems, Defense Minister Army General Sergei Shoigu said on Wednesday.

"We are paying special attention to maintaining the strategic nuclear forces’ potential at the level that allows reliably solving nuclear containment tasks," the defense minister said in the upper house of Russia’s parliament.

"Strategic missile forces are being rearmed with modern Yars missile systems that feature enhanced capabilities of breaching an enemy’s anti-missile defense. Already nine regiments have been armed with such systems," the defense minister said.


A total of 99% of launchers in the Russian Strategic Missile Force are in a combat-ready state, including 96% on constant alert for an immediate launch, Shoigu said.


"In the airborne nuclear containment forces, four to five strategic missile carriers are modernized every year. Last year alone, the Aerospace Force received two upgraded Tu-160 and two Tu-95MS aircraft," the defense minister said.

Russia’s seaborne strategic nuclear forces have nine modern missile-carrying strategic submarines in their combat structure and provide for continuous combat patrolling in sea areas, Shoigu said.

"They are being gradually rearmed with the most advanced Borei-class underwater cruisers," the Russian defense minister said.

 

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11:30
Missile attack warning satellite launched from Plesetsk on May 25 - media

15:55
Automated system being created for Arctic surface control - Border Service head

18:07
ICBM Sarmat to be put into service in Russia within established period of time - Rogozin

http://tass.com/defense/947928

SMOLENSK, May 26. /TASS/. Eight priority R&D works are underway in Russia on assignment from the Defense Ministry to create an advanced air defense system, Air Defense Force Commander Lieutenant-General Alexander Leonov said on Friday.

"The works are underway for creating an air defense system to comprise the entire range of modern and promising automated control systems, reconnaissance means, air defense missile and artillery systems and complexes," the commander said at a conference on the prospects of battlefield air defense.

This year, Russia demonstrated for the first time at the Victory Day parade in Red Square the Tor-M2DT autonomous small-range antiaircraft missile system developed specifically for Arctic applications, the commander said.

"R&D work is planned to be launched for a further perspective to prepare tactical and technical assignments for developing new types of troops’ armaments," the commander said.

According to him, "proposals are currently being drafted and approved for the new draft state armaments program."

"The measures we are proposing will help continue equipping air defense troops with modern weapon systems and will give a possibility to lay the scientific and technical groundwork for developing promising armaments," Leonov said.

 

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18:05
All missile brigades to be re-armed with Iskander-M systems by 2020 - Russian Defense Ministry

 

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https://sputniknews.com/military/201705311054165804-russia-fleet-new-weapons/

Russia's Northern Fleet in the first five months of 2017 received over 100 pieces of advanced military equipment, including S-400 missile systems, Northern Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov said Wednesday.

SEVEROMORSK (Sputnik) — According to previous reports, the Northern Fleet is expected to receive an Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate, an Ivan Gren-class landing ship and a few others this year.

"In the first half of this year alone, we have received over 100 pieces of advanced weaponry, military and specialized equipment… Not so long ago we have received and put into service new S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems. The ground forces and coastal defense troops received from the manufacturers and familiarized themselves with Bastion coastal missile systems and Pantsir-S1 air defense systems," Yevmenov told reporters.

The Northern Fleet is responsible for the defense of the northwest of Russia, serves for the protection of economic zones and ensures safety of navigation. The fleet's headquarters is in Severomorsk.