Moscow to Deploy S-400 in Northwest Russia
February 7, 2008 :: RIA-Novosti :: News
Lieutenant General Vladimir Sviridov announced Russia will replace S-300 air and missile defense systems with the advanced S-400 model to the country's northwest. The S-400 system can intercept and destroy airborne targets, including stealth aircraft, cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, up to 3,500 kilometers away at speeds up to 4.8 kilometers per second. The S-400 will comprise the backbone of Russia's theater air defense through 2020 or 2025. The S-400 systems will now defend the northwest of the country in addition to Moscow and various industrial zones in central Russia. (Article, Link)
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» Missile system details for: S-400 (SA-20 Triumf)
Second Battery of S-400 Interceptors to be Deployed in Moscow in 2008
January 22, 2008 :: RIA-Novosti :: News
Colonel-General Yuri Solovyov, head of Russia’s Air Force Special Command, announced on January 21 that a second S-400 Triumf regiment would be deployed in the Moscow region “by the end of 2008.” The first regiment was deployed after a successful test of the S-400 last year.
The S-400 is designed to defend against ballistic and cruise missiles and stealth aircraft at a distance of up to 400 kilometers, said to be twice the range of the U.S. Patriot interceptor. The Colonel-General added that he wanted to expand the S-400's capabilities to intercept targets at even higher altitudes. "We already have new missiles for the S-400 anti-aircraft system. These are surface-to-air missiles. We also need high-altitude missiles that can destroy targets in near space," he said. The S-400 will constitute the backbone of Russia’s theater air and missile defenses until 2020 or 2025. (Article, Link)
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Hackett: Re-election Strategy or New Cold War?
October 25, 2007 :: Analysis
James Hackett provides an analysis of Russia's upcoming elections for the October 25 edition of Peace and Freedom Magazine. Flushed with profits from the re-nationalized oil and gas industries, President Vladimir Putin has improved Russia's military, developing "the Topol-M mobile ballistic missile, the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile, a new multiple-warhead missile, a new evading warhead, the S-400 missile interceptor, fifth-generation fighter planes and four new missile-firing submarines." Putin has used Russia's newly empowered military to confront the West.
He has resumed long-range nuclear bomber flights, opposes missile defenses in Europe, claims the North Pole for Russia and suspends cooperation under the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) treaty. He also sells air defense missiles to Syria and nuclear technology to Iran, suspends gas and oil shipments to pressure other countries, and threatens both to withdraw from the Intermediate Nuclear forces (INF) treaty and to target NATO countries by basing missiles in Russia's Kaliningrad enclave.
Constitutionally, Putin cannot serve more than two consecutive terms. However, Hackett believes Putin's successor will likely be a subservient non-personality, like the new Prime Minister Viktor Zubkov, who would serve one four year term, following which Putin could legally return to the Kremlin. Hackett concludes that it is difficult to discern to what degree Putin's anti-Western rhetoric is part of the run-up to the election, or a legitimate reflection of a new dangerous turn for Russia, and it will only become more clear after the Russian Presidential election in Spring 2008. (Article, Link)
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Russia Tests Gazelle Missile Interceptor
October 13, 2007 :: News
Russia reports the successful test of a missile defense interceptor from the Sary Shagan test site on on Lake Balkash in Kazakhstan, according to Space Forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin. Zolotukhin said that the test launch of a Gazelle interceptor was made to assess extending the service life of the A-135 missile defense system which has long been deployed around Moscow.
"A combined team of the Space Forces, the Sary Shagan testing site and industry officials fired a short-range interceptor missile at a target missile," said Zolotukhin. According to the same report, the Sary Shagan site "recently has experienced a spate of testing by the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, which have tested six anti-missile systems, 12 air defence systems, seven types of missile interceptors, 12 types of ground-to-air missiles and 18 radars at the site." (Article, Link)
» Additional report of Russian interceptor test
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» Missile system details for: System A-135, Gazelle (SH-08/ABM-3)
Russia to Deploy S-400 Systems Around Moscow by August
July 25, 2007 :: RIA-Novosti :: News
Russia will deploy the first air- and missile-defense battalion of the new S-400 systems around Moscow on August 6, according to a Russian Air Force spokesman. "A battalion equipped with S-400 Triumf air defense systems and a command post will be put on combat duty [around Moscow] August 6," Colonel Alexander Drobyshevsky told a news conference July 24. The S-400 Triumf is a new defense system developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau as an upgrade of the S-300 family. The system is said to be effective against stealth aircraft and cruise and ballistic missiles at a range of up to 400 kilometers. Russia successfully conducted live firing tests of the S-400 complex at the Kapustin Yar firing range in the Astrakhan Region on July 12-13. (Article, Link)
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Russia Set to Test First Serial S-400 SAM System Next Week
July 5, 2007 :: RIA-Novosti :: News
On July 5 Russia announced it will conduct the first tests of its new S-400 Triumf air defense complexes (NATO codename SA-21 Growler) during the week of July 9. The S-400 is designed to intercept and destroy airborne targets, including stealth aircraft, at a distance of up to 400 kilometers-more than twice the range of the S-300PMU-2 (NATO codename SA-10 Grumble). The S-400 will soon be put on combat duty near Moscow following the test, and eventually will replace the older S-300PMU-2s and defend critical administrative and political centers. (Article, Link)
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» Missile system details for: S-400 (SA-20 Triumf), S-300P (SA-10 Grumble)
Azeris Concerned about Putin Radar Offer
June 15, 2007 :: News
Russian President Vladimir Putin's surprise offer during the G-8 meeting in Germany to share the Galaba radar station in Azerbaijan with the U.S. as part of a new ballistic missile defense also took Azeris by surprise, despite an endorsement from Azeri President Ilham Aliyev, that "This is a new element in [Azerbaijan's] strategic cooperation with the two countries." Azeri political leaders have criticized the legality of President Putin's offer and the wisdom of the plan itself. "If Russia intends to allow it to be used by a third country, it must discuss the issue with Azerbaijan," said Ziyafat Askerov, vice-speaker of Azerbaijan's parliament. Citing Article 4 of the Gabala radar station lease agreement, he said the station cannot be handed over to a third party without Azerbaijan's permission. The effect of increased use of the facility could also have serious ecological effects. "If the US is allowed to use the radar station, its capacities will be increased, which means the damage being done to the environment will grow too," said independent military expert Azad Isazade. "The clouds reflect radar waves onto densely-populated areas of the country nearby. Officially, they say the station is harmless but independent medical studies suggest the contrary."
The Galaba radar facility is 200 kilometers from the Azeri-Iranian border, and currently monitors much of Asia, including Iran, as well as much of Africa and islands in the Indian and Atlantic Oceans. The Russian government has a ten year lease on the facility. (Article, Link)
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Russia Conducts A-135 Interceptor Test in Kazakhstan
December 5, 2006 :: RIA-Novosti :: News
Russia yesterday test-launched an interceptor from its A-135 missile defense system, reports RIA-Novosti. The test took place at the Sary-Shagan Test Range in Kazakhstan. According to Alexei Kuznetsov, a spokesman for the Russian Space Forces, “the launch was conducted to check the missile’s capabilities and prolong its operational life.” It is not immediately clear whether the missile tested was a short-range SH-08 “Gazelle” or the longer-range SH-11 “Gorgon.” Some reports indicate that the interceptor was of the same type as the one tested on November 29, 2004, which was believed to be the “Gazelle.” The A-135 system, located outside Moscow, consists of 68 “Gazelles,” 32 “Gorgons,” and a Pillbox multifunctional phased-array radar. (Article, Link)
» Press release by Russian Ministry of Defense, for interceptor test
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» Missile system details for: System A-135
Russia Develops New Support Vehicle for S-300, Plans to Export
August 15, 2006 :: Jane's Information Group :: News
Russia has developed a new reloading and missile-transportation vehicle for its S-300 air/missile defense systems, reports the September 1 issue of Jane’s Missiles and Rockets. The NPP Start scientific production enterprise released details of the new 22T6E2 vehicle at the recent Russian Expo Arms 2006 exhibition in Nizhniy Tagil. The 22T6E2 is based on Russian wheeled vehicles rather than the Ukrainian-manufactured KrAZ-260 wheeled chassis currently in use. The new vehicle, 10.8 m long, 3.2 m wide and 3.8 m high, can simultaneously load or unload two S-300 missiles and can relocate four missiles in approximately 30 minutes.
Jane’s reports that Russia plans to export the new S-300 vehicles immediately. In 2005, the designers completed all testing of the 22T6E2 and received a certificate for mass production. According to Gennadiy Mikhaylovics Muratshin, the general director of NPP Start, the factory already has production orders from four unspecified countries. (Link)
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» Missile system details for: S-300P (SA-10 Grumble), S-300V (SA-12A Gladiator, SA-12B Giant)
Russian TV Profiles Sary-Shagan Test Range
August 13, 2006 :: BBC Worldwide Monitoring :: News
Russian Ren TV today profiled the Sary-Shagan missile test range in Kazakhstan, as part of its “military secrets” program. Located near Lake Balkhash in Kazakhstan, Sary-Shagan is the main proving ground for the Strategic Anti-Missile Troops that operate Russia’s missile defense systems. Sary-Shagan, which means “Golden Bay” in Kazakh, is located on a deserted steppe stretching for several thousand square kilometers. General Velor Maklashov, who heads the range, shared video footage of missile launches and successful intercepts, which the narrator described as “a duel, except instead of pistols or swords the opponents are armed with state-of-the-art weapons, a missile and an anti-missile.”
The program also made a point of criticizing U.S. missile defense policy, noting the “increased importance” of Sary-Shagan “after the U.S. abrogated the ABM treaty.” It added that “the Americans, who are so proud of their anti-missile defense system, were able to achieve similar results only 23 years [after us].” (Article, Link)
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