Ground-based radars Voronezh cover all missile-threat directions on Russian territory - RTI general director
MOSCOW. June 25 (Interfax-AVN) - All missile-threat directions on the territory of Russia are covered by ground-based radars Voronezh manufactured by the concern RTI, the concern's General Director Sergei Boyev told Interfax-AVN on Wednesday.
"A continuous radar field has now been created, which ensures round-the-clock permanent control over all missile-threat directions, and the ground-based segment makes it possible to cover the Russian territory, regardless of the space group," Boyev said.
The radars Voronezh-M and Voronezh-DM will be put on combat duty in the Irkutsk region and in Kaliningrad, respectively, by late 2014, Boyev said. "The radars in Yeniseysk and Barnaul will be placed on experimental combat duty by the end of 2014," he said.