Media reported the establishment of aerospace forces in Russia – RBC

Media reported the establishment of aerospace forces in Russia – RBC

The soldier on the teachings Defense Forces

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The source also told Interfax that after the reform of the armed forces will have three main commanders: army, navy and air and space forces (SCD), and the Air Force will lose the status of the armed forces.

«All the necessary decisions for the establishment of a new branch of the armed forces accepted. In the near future it will be announced officially. The structure will include videoconferencing defense forces and aircraft that are now part of the Air Force, Information and impact forces and means belonging to the army aerospace defense, “- said the spokesman.

« It is expected that the first commander in chief a new kind of armed forces will be one of the commanders of military districts, as they have experience in managing large multiservice groups of troops, including aviation and air defense forces. The most probable candidate -commands troops of the Central Military District Colonel-General Vladimir Zarudnitsky “- the source said.

To create a new branch of the armed forces will take a few years, this work will be carried out in stages. “During this period, which belonged to the videoconferencing capabilities will need to evolve in the direction of harmonization and standardization of management information systems and shock,” – said the spokesman.

In October 2014, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on the improvement of the Unified Space System (CEN), which should become “one of the key areas of energy and nuclear deterrence.” According to him, the new system will replace the means of missile warning, which were developed during the Soviet era and allow to detect launches of ballistic missiles of various types, including “Start prototypes of the waters of the world ocean and from the country, conducting the test.”

CEN will be supplied with a new generation of spacecraft, as well as modernized command post. Defense Ministry spokesman said at the time, RBC, that it is a fundamentally new system of nuclear deterrence. Will be revived existed in Soviet times, the first echelon of the missile attack warning, but with fundamentally new technical capabilities of satellites and ground stations, he said then.