TSAMTO, January 10. In 2021, more than 170 launches of foreign and domestic ballistic missiles and space missiles were detected by the on-duty means of the Russian missile defense system, specialized means of space and missile defense control systems.
The Russian Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN) solves the tasks of obtaining and issuing trajectory data for the formation of missile attack warning information on state and military command posts, the necessary information for the Moscow missile defense system, as well as the issuance of data on space objects for the space control system in the interests of information support for solving the tasks of deterring missile strikes on the Russian Federation and increasing the effectiveness of the response of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation.
The basis of the ground-level radar facilities of the SPRN consists of new-generation radar stations of the Voronezh type, created using high-availability technology.
Currently, seven new Voronezh radars deployed in the Leningrad, Kaliningrad, Irkutsk and Orenburg regions, as well as Krasnodar, Krasnoyarsk and Altai Territories, are on combat duty for radar control of missile-hazardous areas in the established areas of responsibility. Work continues on the creation of new radar stations in the Murmansk region. This year it is planned to complete the construction of the Voronezh radar station in the Komi Republic, the Department of Information and Mass Communications of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said in a statement on January 2.