Russia’s supersonic anti-missile radar will operate in the Arctic in July

The supersonic missile, deployed over the Novaya Zemlya Archipelago last November, will be operational by July 2021 at the latest.

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The above information was revealed by Alexander Shramchenko, Director General of the Russian Center for Science and Research Rezonans-N.

“The third Rezonans-N radar station will perform combat missions on Novaya Zemlya this May or June,” he said. And by the end of this year, we plan to put two more Rezonans-N stations into operation in the Arctic region – in Gremikha and Zapolyarnoye.”

According to Mr. Alexander Shramchenko, radar in Zapolyarnoye, about 30 km from the Russian-Norwegian border, will ensure “round-the-clock control over the airspace above the northern regions of Norway and Finland”.

Rezonans’ radars operate in ice and use the principle of wave resonance, allowing aircraft to be detected based on stealth technology and also supersonic targets flying at speeds of up to Mach 20.

At the same time, radar is capable of detecting targets and receiving targets on target 1,000 km (600 km) and a range of 1,200 km for ballistic targets, at altitudes of up to 100 km.

The first and second Rezonans-N stations were successfully operated near the towns of Shoina and Indiga.