Russian aerospace defense troops get five advanced radar stations this year

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Five advanced radar stations called "All-Altitude Detector" were brought into service of the radio-technical regiments of the Russian Aerospace Defense Troops which are on combat duty for air Defense of Russia's capital, Moscow, and the central industrial district from the start of this year, Defense Ministry's spokesman for Aerospace Defense Troops Col Aleksey Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass on Sunday.

New radar stations can detect simultaneously more than 100 targets, including airplanes, helicopters, remote-controlled aircrafts and missiles at a distance of up to 400 kilometres at low, middle and high altitudes of up to 100 kilometres, he noted."Radar station called "All-Altitude Detector" is designed to survey detection zones, for autoacquisition, selection of targets to give target indication to air Defense systems and detect state belongingness of targets," the colonel added.

As autonomic target marking systems new radar stations are also integrated in air Defense missile systems S-400 Triumf which air Defense regiments of the Aerospace Defense Troops are armed with, Zolotukhin noted."More than ten new radar systems of different modifications will be delivered to radio-technical units and formations of the Aerospace Defense Troops this year, including radar stations and systems Gamma-S, Nebo-U, Podlet-K and radar station titled 'All-Altitude Detector'," the colonel said.Upgraded radar systems Desna, Kasta will also come into service of radio-technical detachments of the Aerospace Defense Troops this year, Zolotukhin added.


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