New radar stations to start operating in western Russia, Siberia

Mishelevka Radar Station, Irkutsk
New Voronezh-DM and Voronezh-M radar stations of the Russian system of early warning against missile attacks will be commissioned according to schedule, the designer general said.

The director-general of the Minth Radio Technical Institute and designer general of the missile warning system, Sergei Boyev, said that stations, currently under state tests, will begin operating in the Irkutsk region, Siberia, and western Russia’s Kaliningrad region this year.

Other two stations are being prepared to be put into service in Barnaul and Orsk, he said.

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