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  • Russia's Air Defense 'Responds' To All Aircraft Near Its Airspace

    07/15/2010 10:54:29 PM PDT · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 9 replies
    RIA Novosti ^ | 7/16/2010 | RIA Novosti
    The Russian air defense system is designed so that it responds to all aircraft approaching the state's airspace, a high ranking Defense Ministry source has said. "That is perhaps its basic difference from the American system," the source said commenting on recent remarks by a senior U.S. military official. Adm. James A. Winnefeld, Jr., head of the U.S.-Canadian North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), said in an interview Russia continued "to fly strategic nuclear bombers near U.S. and Canadian airspace because the Russian military is seeking to maintain the illusion of power." He said jet interceptors are not ordered to...
  • Former air force chief: Russia's air defenses weak

    05/13/2010 4:45:57 PM PDT · by ErnstStavroBlofeld · 8 replies · 338+ views
    AP via Google News ^ | 5/13/2010 | AP via Google News
    Russia is lagging 25 to 30 years behind the United States in developing prospective air defense weapons because of a meltdown of its defense industries, a former Russian air force chief said Thursday. Retired Gen. Anatoly Kornukov said Russia has only a reduced capability to protect itself from an enemy attack — a statement that contrasted sharply with the government's claim that the nation's military are getting stronger following a post-Soviet decline. The Defense Ministry has boasted about developing new S-400 air defense missile systems and proudly displayed some of them in Sunday's massive Victory Day parade on Red Square....