Russia has completed the modernization of the ground segment of the system of missile warning, said 1st Deputy commander of the Space troops of the aerospace defence forces major-General Igor Morozov.
"This system as a strategic system, the government and the Ministry of defence was paid last years the most attention. We in fact managed to finish its modernization, "- said Morozov on air of radio station " Echo of the capital of Russia ".
"last year we put 3 fresh radar station on combat duty. It is in Yeniseysk, Barnaul, and Orsk, thus creating a continuous peripheral radar field, where previously there were certain gaps due to the fact that the Soviet Union collapsed, the funds remained within independent countries of the former USSR. Part of the funds at the request of the leadership of these countries were eliminated for This reason, had to a certain extent, recreate the system again, " He said.
According to the General, remained a minor work to replace obsolete radars at a number of stations. To finish, will take about three years.
The process of improving the mathematical algorithms of information processing will continue without interruption, added Morozov.
The General said that the special importance of the system currently receives in connection with the plans of the US withdrawal from the Contract on destruction of rockets of average and small range.
He also told that the Russian system of monitoring of outer space is able to trace the flight of the spacecraft to the moon and Mars. Morozov has noticed that incessantly orbits are controlled to 40 thousand kilometers.
"All the information is in the main surveillance center space, where is the catalog of space objects. Now in this directory, we reckon about 20 thousand different space objects ", - He said.
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