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June 13, 2013

Two New Russian Radars to Start Work Next Year
Armavir, Russia (RIA Novosti) Jun 11, 2013
Russia's two new antimissile radars - one in the Baltic exclave of Kaliningrad and the other in Siberia's Irkutsk Region - will be launched in 2014, the Aerospace Defense Forces head said Thursday. "Work is proceeding according to schedule; there are no delays or setbacks," Maj. Gen. Alexander Golovko said following the activation of the latest Voronezh-DM class radar station in Armavir, southern Russia. The Armavir radar monitors an area from France and Spain in the west, to Algeria in the ... read more

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