A new radar station was launched on the outskirts of St. Petersburg several days ago. The launch of the fifth-generation Voronezh-M missile warning system became an outstanding event for the whole country.
The personnel of the new station conducted a training session after the radar was put on duty. The session was conducted to show the abilities of the station in detecting the launches of ballistic missiles. It is worthy of note that representatives of the Russian Orthodox Church attended the opening ceremony. They sanctified the station by all canons.
"This is a historical event. The station has started executing combat tasks within the structure of aerospace troops of the Russian Federation. The new station outstrips its predecessors considerably," Oleg Ostapenko, the aerospace troops commander told Interfax...
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