Russia to Deploy Advanced Missile Attack Early Warning Radars in all 4 Directions

Russia is set to build four Voronezh-type ballistic missile early warning radar stations.

Chief Designer of the Missile Early Warning System, CEO of the Vympel Corporation Sergey Boyev said on Tuesday that work is currently underway to build the radars in the South and the North. He added that two more directions - the Far East and the North-West - are being developed.

Voronezh-type radar station is made up of the space-based component that integrates Tundra satellites and the ground-based segment of a network of Voronezh-type radars that cover all missile-threat directions by its continuous radar field. The system is designed to spot within the shortest time possible and lock on ballistic missiles launched against the territory of Russia and its allies.

Upgraded missile early warning system goes on experimental combat duty: Boyev

Boyev revealed that the upgraded ballistic missile early warning system has gone on experimental combat alert.

"As for the upgrade of the system as a whole, it has been successfully completed. Last year, inter-state tests were concluded. The upgraded system is ready to assume combat alert. Now experimental combat alert operations are being successfully implemented," the chief designer said.

Pursuant to the approved schedule, existing facilities of the missile early warning system are being modernized. The upgrade involves the Voronez-DM station in Armavir and the Voronezh-M radar in the Irkutsk Region. These facilities were among the first that were put into operation, he said.