Posted on 03/20/2007 12:40:26 PM PDT by lizol
Russia to put missile defense elements in embassies - commander
19:41 | 19/ 03/ 2007
MOSCOW, March 19 (RIA Novosti) - Russia could place space monitoring radars on the territory of its embassies in several countries to track the launches of ballistic missiles abroad, the commander of Space Forces said in an interview.
The Russian leadership has earlier blasted U.S. plans to deploy anti-missile systems in Central Europe as a national security threat and pledged to take adequate measures to counter the U.S. move.
Commander of Russia's Space Forces Colonel General Vladimir Popovkin said in an interview with the Space Technology News magazine that the placement of advanced quantum-optical radars at the embassies would allow Russia "to spot launches otherwise undetectable from Russian territory" and adjust the trajectories of anti-ballistic missiles in case of a potential threat.
The United States insists that the European shield is not aimed against Russia and is needed to counter possible attacks from the so-called "rogue states," including North Korea and Iran.
But the Russian general said that the deployment of U.S. missile shield elements in Central Europe enables Americans to monitor all launches of ballistic missiles from the European part of Russia and from Northern Fleet's submarines, and to destroy these missiles in the initial stage of their flight trajectory.
"If the United States really wanted protection from Iranian missiles they would have placed a [radar] station in Turkey, also a NATO member," Popovkin said.
He said a special command center will be built at the Space Forces headquarters in Krasnoznamensk, near Moscow, to exercise a centralized remote control of new compact radars at Russian embassies.
"We will use dedicated radio frequencies to program and re-program monitoring radars that will require token technical maintenance," the general said.
The Space Forces chief also said that Russia will soon deploy a new Voronezh-type radar in the south of the country, near Armavir. It is scheduled to enter service in 2007, ending Russia's dependence on its radars located abroad, particularly the Daryal facility in Azerbaijan and two Dnepr stations in Ukraine, near Sebastopol and Mukachevo.
Popovkin reiterated that Russia does not have any "holes" in its early-warning missile threat coverage. In 2006, early-warning radars detected 12 launches of ballistic missiles, including eight domestic and four foreign launches, and 11 carrier rocket lift offs.
"It is a 100% detection rate for all objects passing through our radar coverage zone," the general said.
Well, that will ramp up the number of targets, won't it?
A missile defense system is only a threat unless you plan to shoot nukes at us. This fact ought to make us be a little more wary of the Russians.
MOSCOW. March 20 (Interfax-AVN) - Russia's Defense Ministry has denied media reports that Russia is considering stationing radar on the premises of its embassies in some countries to monitor foreign space launch vehicles.
"No space monitoring systems or missile defenses have ever been stationed at any Russian embassy nor can they be stationed there under international law," the ministry said in a press release on Tuesday.
Well, if the Russians denied it, then they must be saying truth (sarcasm)
2009: Iran to Put Nukes in Their Embassies. Suicide Embassies.
Now I see what Russians should do if they have a fancy to convince Poles in something: at first say what you want them to believe, than deny it.
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Russia could place space monitoring radars on the territory of its embassies in several countries to track the launches of ballistic missiles abroad==
Not radars but just the passive optical stations. Russia has very capable optical equipment.
A missile defense system is only a threat unless you plan to shoot nukes at us. This fact ought to make us be a little more wary of the Russians.==
Not exactly. One may mount the first strike from behind its missile defense in hope that the reduced by first strike retailiation could be fenced off by its missile defense. So sword and shield play in concert.
These fit neatly on the roof of an embassy. 25 meter diameter, 1 MW power consumption. Usually a spare room or storage space can accomodate them.
Getting diplomatic clearance for the roughly 50 maintance and operational staff won't present any problems.
I wonder if they will position these on Kazakh and Belarussian embassys as well, seeing that those two countries are allies (More like puppets) of Russia.
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I wouldn't be suprised if they had nukes in their embassies.
Well, if it is infrared detection system, then it is sneeze-easy to defeat: imagine a large searchlight, but with a few KW heating element mounted instead of a lamp. Put it on a roof next to such embassy, and light their building. That would swamp them. If it is a traditional radar, then they would need a lot of energy to operate it - and the host country could always claim that the local grid cannot supply that much current...
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