Russian Minister Urges Completion of 2 New Radars

Voronezh-DM-class radar station
Construction of Russia’s two new antimissile radars – one in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and the other in Siberia’s Irkutsk region – should be complete by the end of next year, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Friday.

The minister, who was visiting the Voronezh-DM-class radar station near Kaliningrad, said that on May 12 President Vladimir Putin had stressed the importance of building an integrated radar field for the Missile Attack Early Warning System [MAEWS].

“The state arms procurement program envisions the creation of a continuous MAEWS radar field before 2018,” Shoigu said.

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