Latest news on "Air defense"

Estonian President Kersti Kaljulaid has offered the European Union to finance the creation of an air defense system in the country to protect against the "Russian threat".

New targets will be added to the Russian anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes (ZRPK) "Pantsir-M", Izvestia reports, citing sources in the Russian Defense Ministry.

The Russian Missile Attack Warning System (SPRN) detected 28 launches of foreign ballistic missiles in the first half of 2021,Sergei Boev, general designer of the SPRN, General Director of the Interstate Joint-Stock Corporation Vimpel, told RIA Novosti.

Radar stations of the Russian Voronezh-type missile attack warning system are being upgraded to the level of the newest Yakhroma station. This radar station is being built in the Crimea.

The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has decided to deploy a system of over-the-horizon radar "Container", which are capable of detecting enemy aircraft at a range of 3 thousand km.

Russia has completed the modernization of the unique radar station "Don-2N", which provides anti-missile defense of Moscow, records the launch of ballistic missiles, and monitors space objects. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the general director of the concern "RTI Systems" Yuri Anoshko.

Russian-made over-the-horizon radars, among other things, track the movement of inconspicuous NATO F-35 fighters and other aircraft built using stealth technologies.

Russia will supply Myanmar with two short-range air defense systems "Pantsir", Dmitry Shugaev, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC) of the Russian Federation, told reporters.

The issue of the supply of S-400 air defense systems to Belarus has not yet passed into the practical plane, Dmitry Shugaev, the head of the Federal Customs Service of Russia, said in response to a question from Interfax.

For the first time, Russia will sell to a foreign customer a mobile electronic counteraction complex "Repellent-Patrol", which provides zonal cover of territories for suppressing drones at a distance of up to 20 kilometers, RIA Novosti reports, citing a statement by Alexander Mikheev, Director General of Rosoboronexport.

The Tor-MF air defense system is capable of providing not only self-defense of the ship on which it is installed, but also air defense of a connection of ships or a naval base on an area of up to 500 square kilometers.

Rosoboronexport signed a contract at the Army-2021 forum for the integration of the Russian Palm air defense system into the armament system of the foreign customer's ship. This, as RIA Novosti reports, was announced by the company's CEO Alexander Mikheev.

The Israeli Iron Dome air defense system has been successfully tested against cruise missiles in the United States. August 24, portal upi.com He reported that the US Army conducted the first fire tests of its intermediate anti-missile system.

Rosoboronexport has signed the first contract for the supply of the upgraded Pantsir-S1M anti-aircraft missile and gun system. This was reported in the press service of the company at the International Military-technical Forum "Army-2021".

The head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev, said that Indian specialists are undergoing the second stage of training on the operation of the S-400 system.

The second contract for the supply of an additional batch of S-400 systems (S-400 SAM) to Turkey may be signed this year. This was announced on Wednesday, August 25, by the head of Rosoboronexport, Alexander Mikheev.

The Turkish company Meteksan Defense presented an upgraded version of the Kapan UAV counteraction system (Kapan) as part of the IDEF-2021 exhibition held in Istanbul.

State tests of Lancet barrage ammunition, nicknamed "kamikaze drones", will begin at the end of 2021. This was announced at the Army-2021 forum by a representative of the Kalashnikov Group of companies.

The Far East is being made inaccessible to air attack means. Whether we are talking about foreign planes, drones or various types of missiles - all of them will be detected in time and guaranteed to be destroyed. To do this, a new generation of radar stations is being installed in the east of the country.

American fifth-generation fighters F-22 Raptor and F-35 Lightning II can be detected by Russian radars, Pavel Sozinov, General designer, Deputy General Director of the Almaz-Antey concern, said in an interview with RIA Novosti.