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Russia has started the construction of anti-missile warning radar station in the Arctic Region 10410151.
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Defence & Security News - Russia
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| Russia has started the construction of anti-missile warning radar station in the Arctic Region. | |||
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Construction of a cutting-edge missile attack early warning radar station has begun in the Arctic, Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces Deputy Commander said Saturday, October 4, 2015. Russia's strategic goals in the Arctic are to secure current and potential energy resources and to maintain military superiority above the Arctic Circle.
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 Barneo Ice Camp is a unique Russian-operated drift station on the frozen Arctic Ocean near the North Pole. |
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| "Just the other day, on September 24, in the north of the country in Vorkuta, we laid the foundation stone in the construction of new early-warning radar, which will not only replace our stations in Pechora and Olenegorsk but will also supplement them," Maj. Gen. Anatoly Nestechuk told the Rusnovosti radio station. Nestechuk added that the Usolye-Sibirskoye radar station was currently tracking all missile launches from the territories of China, the Sea of Okhotsk and the Pacific Ocean. In August 2015, Russia has performed military exercises in the Arctic including More than 1,000 soldiers, 14 aircraft and 34 special military units. Russia’s first motorized rifle brigade specially trained for operations in the Arctic was established in 2015. Soldiers in the Arctic brigades will be trained in a special program and equipped with modern personal equipment for military operations in Arctic conditions. Parts of the brigade is planned to be airmobile. According to Chief of staff of the Russian Airborne Troops, Lt. Gen. Nikolay Ignatov the possibility of paratroopers joining the Arctic contingent has been studied on orders of the Airborne Troops commander, Lt. Gen. Vladimir Shamanov. |
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