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1st Special Purpose Air And Missile Defense Army
The 1st Order of Lenin Special Purpose Air and Missile Defences Forces Army (Russian: 1-я ордена Ленина армия противовоздушной и противоракетной обороны особого назначения) is a military formation of the Russian Air and Missile Defense Forces (Russian Aerospace Defence Forces) tasked with defending assets of high strategic value in Russia, primarily the Moscow region and its surroundings where much of the military leadership is located together with a large part of the Russian population centers. The unit is the only one equipped with the A-135 anti-ballistic missile system, A-135M Anti-ballistic missile, anti-ballistic missile system. It traces its history through the Moscow Air Defence District and the Special Purpose Command. The Moscow Air Defence District was awarded the Order of Lenin on 22 June 1968. Moscow Defence Brief wrote regarding the reorganisation of 2011: "The Air Defense and Missile Defense ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
The Russian Aerospace Defence Forces (VVKO) ( rus, Войска воздушно-космической обороны (ВВКО), Voyska vozdushno-kosmicheskoy oborony (VVKO)) was a branch of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation responsible for aerospace defence, and the operation of Russian military satellites and the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. It was established on 1 December 2011 and replaced the Russian Space Forces. The Aerospace Defence Forces was first commanded by former Space Forces commander Colonel General Oleg Ostapenko, who was promoted to Deputy Minister of Defence in November 2012. In December 2012, Aleksandr Golovko was appointed the new commander. Although it is officially translated as aerospace in English, it covers both attacks from the air and from (outer) space, and some Russian writers translate it as "air and space" instead. On 1 August 2015, the Russian Air Force and the Russian Aerospace Defence Forces were merged to form the Russian Aerospace Force ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
