The system’s
firepower capabilities for the defense of Moscow and the Moscow Industrial
District will be boosted twofold, according to the Russian Aerospace Force
commander-in-chief.
MOSCOW, July 3.
/TASS/. The anti-ballistic missile (ABM) defense system deployed around Moscow
and Russia’s Central Industrial District will soon get new radars and missile
interceptors, Aerospace Force Commander-in-Chief Colonel-General Sergei
Surovikin said on Friday.
"The trials of
the capabilities of the system (A-135) are currently underway and the Aerospace
Force will soon get an upgraded multi-purpose radar station and modernized
missile interceptors of the ABM system," he said in an interview with the
Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.
Active work is
currently underway to upgrade the ABM system. Several test-launches of the
upgraded missile interceptor have already been conducted, the colonel-general
said.
"No doubt, the
upgrade of the existing A-135 ABM system that is on combat duty in the city of
Moscow is a major task for defense enterprises," Surovikin stressed.
"The trials of
the system’s capabilities are underway and the Aerospace Force will soon get a
renewed multi-purpose radar station and modernized missile interceptors of the
ABM system," he said.
The system’s
firepower capabilities for the defense of Moscow and the Moscow Industrial
District will be boosted twofold, which has been numerously confirmed by the
interceptor’s preliminary trials, he said.
Source: ITAR-TASS
04-07-2020
