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The station is located on the former Baronovsky Airfield (Russian: аэродром Бароновский) 3 kilometres (1.9 mi) south west of the village of Glubokiy and 12 kilometres (7.5 mi) south west of Armavir. The station was described as starting to operate at the end of 2006 [2] and then entering "experimental combat mode" in 2008. [3]
Russia claims the radar can detect targets the size of a "football ball" at a distance of 8000 km. [2] Voronezh-VP (77Ya6-VP) works in the meter range and was designed by RTI Mints. The only one built has 6 segments instead of the 3 of the Voronezh-M. [9] A Voronezh-M is claimed to cost 2.85 billion rubles and a Voronezh-DM 4.3 billion rubles. [10]
'Block DM-03', GRAU index: 11S861-03), is a Russian upper stage used as an optional fourth stage on the Proton-M and Angara A5 heavy-lift rockets. Three have been launched, the first in December 2010; [2] the first two launches failed before fourth stage ignition, the first as a result of a problem with the Blok DM's fuel load. [3]
Angara A5 (Russian: Ангара-А5), is a Russian expendable heavy lift launch vehicle which consists of one URM-1 core and four URM-1 boosters, a 3.6-metre (12 ft) URM-2 second stage, and an upper stage, either the Briz-M, Blok DM-03 or the KVTK. [2]
Pionersky Radar Station (Russian: Пионерский РЛС-Pionersky RLS) is an early-warning radar station near Pionersky in Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia.It is a key part of the Russian early warning system against ballistic missile attacks and is run by the Russian Space Forces.
The Soviet Union announced that the new radar was for space surveillance rather than for early warning of missile attack, and hence was compliant with the ABM treaty. The radar was given the designation OS-3 (OS-1 was Mishelevka and OS-2 Balkhash) rather than an RO- designation which would be associated with an early warning site. [2]
The Tigr was first shown at the IDEX exhibition in 2001. [3] Pilot production started in 2004 with 96 vehicles. The Russian Army officially adopted the GAZ-2975 into service at the end of 2006. [4] The vehicle was then officially manufactured in 2007. [4] China co-produced the Tigr with Russia after it initially refused to grant them a full ...
Russia: As of 10 May 2024 at least 3 have been lost in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. [46] Tank destroyers 9P148 Konkurs: Mobile anti-tank guided missile system 60 [94] Soviet Union: Based on the BRDM-2 chassis. [103] As of 10 May 2024 at least 3 have been lost in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine. [46] 9P149 Shturm-S/SM: Mobile anti-tank ...