Regional Ballistic Missile Defense in the Context of Strategic Stability (2021) / Chapter Skim
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3 Current Russian and U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Systems
3 Current Russian and U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense Systems
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The deployed and planned interceptors are designed to disable intermediate- and medium-range missiles. THE UNITED STATES' REGIONAL BALLISTIC MISSILE DEFENSE SYSTEMS Satellite Systems Satellite systems consist of the satellites themselves, including the power, sensor, communication, and maneuvering systems onboard the satellites, and the ground-based infrastructure that sends and receives signals from the satellites and interprets the data collected.
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The SBIRS GEO payload includes scanning and staring sensors, providing improved infrared sensitivity and more-timely coverage than the legacy DSP satellites. SBIRS scanning sensors provide wide-area surveillance of missile launches and natural phenomena, while the staring sensors are used to observe smaller areas of interest with greater sensitivity.
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Radar Systems U.S. radar systems for long-range missile tracking are located at Clear Air Force Station and Eareckson Air Station, Alaska, United States; Royal Air Force Fylingdales Station, United Kingdom; Thule Air Base, Greenland; Joint Base Cape Cod, Massachusetts, United States; and Beale Air Force Base, California, United States.
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. Russia also has geosynchronous satellites providing coverage over the continental United States, but these older infrared systems reportedly have ceased normal operation.
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Deployment Location Radar Type Range (km) As of 2015 1 Pechora, Komi Republic Daryal 6,000 2 Olenegorsk, Murmanskaia Oblast Dnepr/Daugava 2,500/4,000 3 Lekhtusi, Leningradskaia Oblast Voronezh-M 4,200 4 Pionerskii, Kaliningradskaia Oblast Voronezh-DM 6,000 5 Baranovichi, Republic of Belarus Volga 4,800 6 Armavir, Krasnodarskii Krai Voronezh-DM 6,000 7 Balkhash, Republic of Kazakhstan Dnepr 2,500 8 Usolye-Sibirskoe, Irkutskaia Oblast Dnepr/Voronezh-M 2,500/6,000 9 Eniseisk, Krasnoiarskii Krai Voronezh-DM 6,000 10 Barnaul, Altaiskii Krai Voronezh-DM 6,000 As of 2020 1 Pechora, Komi Republic Daryal 6,000 2 Olenegorsk, Murmanskaia Oblast Voronezh-VP > 6,000 3 Lekhtusi, Leningradskaia Oblast Voronezh-M 4,200 4 Pionerskii, Kaliningradskaia Oblast Voronezh-DM 6,000 5 Baranovichi, Republic of Belarus Volga 4,800 6 Armavir, Krasnodarskii Krai Voronezh-DM 6,000 7 Balkhash, Republic of Kazakhstan Dnepr 2,500 8 Usolye-Sibirskoe, Irkutsk Oblast Voronezh-M 6,000 9 Eniseisk, Krasnoyarsk Krai Voronezh-DM 6,000 10 Barnaul, Altaiskii Krai Voronezh-DM 6,000 11 Orsk, Orenburgskaia Oblast Voronezh-M 6,000 12 Vorkuta, Komi Republic Voronezh-M 6,000 13 Zeia, Amurskaia Oblast Voronezh-DM 6,000 NOTE: In addition to the aforementioned radars, three radars (Don-2N, Dunai-3M, and Dunai-3U)
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The United States seeks to defend its entire territory against very small attacks by future firstgeneration North Korean or Iranian ICBMs. In contrast, the Russian system is designed to defend a specified number of military-industrial centers each covering an area of 10,000 km2, as well as the national capital (using a separate system)
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