West to have 80,000 cruise missiles by 2020

[ahsanraza81]

West to have 80,000 cruise missiles by 2020

Russian military experts forecast that Western nations will have 80,000 cruise missile by 2020, a deputy commander of the Russian General Staff said on Saturday.

"We expect Western countries to have at least 80,000 cruise missiles by 2020, including about 2,000 of them nuclear-powered," Gen. Igor Sheremet said in an interview with the Ekho Moskvy radio station.

He added these missiles are clearly not simply designed for drilling or intimidation purposes.

"They can deliver disarming or even 'decapitation' strikes," Sheremet said.

Hence, he said, the plans to develop Russia's air and space defense system in 2011 as instructed by President Dmitry Medvedev in November.

The new system will combine the existing air defense and missile defense networks, missile early-warning systems and airspace monitoring systems under a unitified strategic command.

In mid-February, Valery Ivanov, commander of the strategic command of the new air and space defense system, said the system would be set up and start operating by the end of 2011.

The Russian political and military leadership have long considered plans to develop strong missile and space defenses by 2020, but no concrete steps have been taken so far and the country does not even have a well-defined command structure to tackle this problem.

According to one proposal, the unified aerospace defense command will absorb some air defense units which are currently part of the Russian Air Force, and Space Forces units.

The Russian military plans to build a comprehensive air and space defense network consisting of S-400 Triumf and future S-500 air defense systems and the Soviet-era MiG-31 Foxhound supersonic interceptors.

The S-500 system is expected to have an extended range of up to 600 km (over 370 miles) and simultaneously engage up to 10 targets. The system will be capable of destroying hypersonic and ballistic targets.

Russia's leading missile manufacturer Almaz-Antei said last March that it was developing at least six types of advanced air defense systems to be available for the Russian military in around 2015.

 

[Laughing_soldier]

is there a country called west?

 

[Chogy]

I believe a defense we'll possibly see against swarms of extremely low-flying cruise missiles might consist of some sort of airborne missile platform with a huge missile capacity, AESA radar, and the ability to engage dozens of not hundreds of targets simultaneously. Ground based systems have horizon problems. Airborne radar will be able to see hundreds of km farther. But the problem is vulnerability, and cost. You can't have a heavy jet airborne 24/7. Maybe a dirigible? Imagine a tethered dirigible with a super high-powered radar, and S-400 or Patriot equivalent missiles. Any doppler return will stick out like a sore thumb, and the system can engage at extreme ranges, protecting itself at the same time.

You could even install a CIWS on the dirigible in case any missiles get through.

Sounds goofy, but in reality, a dirigible that is not moving will have NO doppler return, and modern pulse-doppler radars don't work too well without a velocity component.

 

[ahsanraza81]

@ Laughing_soldier

USA, Canada, UK, France, Germany and some other EU countries are called "WEST"

 

[LetsGetRowdy]

80,000 missiles? Is NATO preparing to invade the world?

 

[Pak_Sher]

80,000 missiles? Is NATO preparing to invade the world?

Yes, not all at once. Destroy one country at a time.

 

[RanaMubashir]

Yes, not all at once. Destroy one country at a time.

 

[xdrive]

80,000 missiles? Is NATO preparing to invade the world?

Not every country in the "West" is part of NATO.

Believe it or not, the world is actually bigger than just Europe.

 

[Tshering22]

As if Russians are in any way less armed than any of these! With something like S-500 and (S-600) in their kitty, I don't think they need to be worried about anything. No one in their right mind would attack Russia at this time. NATO's concentration is elsewhere.

 

[khurasaan1]

Yea! NATO/US is concentrating towards Muslim countries right now cuz they are weak and vulnerable to them so that they can capture their resources for the next and bigger War....ultimately with Russia and China.....