Missile defense

Barents Russia gets two new giant missile warning radars

The new radars are of the fifth generation missile warning system, named Voronezh-M. 

The radars will detect incoming nuclear missiles from the Norwegian Sea, the Barents Sea and the Arctic. From before, similar radars are in operation along Russia’s southern border, in the regions of Leningrad, Krasnodar, Kaliningrad and Irkutsk.

With construction starting now, the two Voronezh-M radars in northern Russia will be in operation in 2017, reports TASS.