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Russia Upgrading Missile Defense Command Center

December 6, 2004 :: BBC Worldwide Monitoring :: News

Channel One television in Moscow reports that Russia is upgrading the “Elbrus” supercomputer which serves the “Don-2N” control center for the missile defense system which is located around Moscow. The newer technologies reportedly replace a decade-old system which took up an entire floor of a building.
        While a relatively minor upgrade, this story confirms once again that Russia is serious about maintaining and improving its ballistic missile defenses. On November 29, Russia conducted an intercept test, which was successful.
         Incidentally, Elbrus is also the name of an early Russian ballistic missile which has come to be proliferated around the world, the R-17 Scud-B.
         The Don-2N center reportedly includes a phased array radar and a number of interceptors. (Article)

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