IHS Jane’s 360:
Russia is to activate three more of its ‘Voronezh’-series long-range early warning radar systems in 2016, as it looks to fully recapitalise its ground-based ballistic missile defence network by the end of the decade, state media announced on 12 January.
Along with a further two radar stations that are currently under construction at Olenegorsk and Vorkuta, the three new stations at Yeniseysk, Barnaul, and Orsk will add to the four that are already operational at Armavir, Dunaevka, Lekhtusi, and Mishelevka.
Developed by the Moscow-based Radio Engineering and Information Systems Concern and the Distant Radio Communication Scientific Research Institute, the 77Ya6 Voronezh-series is designed to be cheaper and easier to deploy and operate than previous ballistic missile early warning (BMEW) sensors such as Daryal, which are being phased out…
