Number of Kinzhal and Kalibr carriers being increased, Tsirkon will complete tests very soon.
Poseidon, Burevestnik and other novel systems continue development.
Russia as a leader in development of strategic weapons offers to negotiate on "non-conflict environment" based on the "strategic equation".
P5 countries have a special responsibility.
Very, very small part on weapons (Avangard and Peresvet also briefly mentioned), and I like the focus on, well, arms control and risk reduction.
On broader international politics/security issues: alleged plan to murder Lukashenko, as well as coup in Ukraine which threatened the life of Yanukovich, and Maduro issues are mentioned as examples of unacceptability of political assassinations of heads of state.
Plans of 'Minsk blockade' by the recently detained anti-Lukashenko figures are qualified as plans of massive cyberattack, and fueled into the Russia offer of international discussions and agreements on security issues related to information and communication technology.
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Nice Kh-555(?) footage from recent Tu-160 and Tu-95MS exercise with practical launches:
Also, a reminder that salvo from Engels bombers against targets in Europe will be much more impressive and devastating than any fictional 9M729s from "West of Urals".
On a second thought, those are rather inert Kh-55SM, as there are no "nose wings" which are used in conventional Kh-555, presumably to compensate weight difference between nuclear and non-nuclear payloads.
A disclaimer: unlike the US we do not have a Missile Defense Agency, but what we have is a concept of joint Air-Space defense, which includes air defense, missile defense, space forces, early warning, and Moscow ABM system, among others.
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In terms of strike systems we have upgraded interceptor for the Moscow ABM system, and future S-500 and Nudol’ mobile surface-to-air missiles, with the latter, per some sources, having a rather serious ASAT capability as well (which is not that surprising).
1) Just in case: those are non-nuclear, and it is complicated to reverse thing. 2) Even w/ conventional weapons those are quite capable to give a hard time...
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...because - JASSM family, incl -ER and anti-ship LRASM. So sensitive targets on the territory of Russia and in adjacent waters are under threat.
In the future, the Lancers might get equipped with even more unpleasant things, incl. ARRW and conv. LRSO.
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3) Such a deployment is not limited by anything. I hope that transparency for such operations to reduce escalation risks will be a part of the work plans for RU/US strategic stability discussions, which were recently mentioned (again) by A.Blinken.
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Plans for ground echelon:
- dual-band radar in Vorkuta
- high-potential radar in Murmansk
- radar in Sevastopol'
- by 2030 - modernization of Krasnodar and Irkutsk radars, new construction in Leningrad and Far East.
Space echelon: EKS to be completed by 2024.
There is information integration and sharing between EW, MD and Space Control systems.
Detection:
EKS controls possible launch regions in the Northern Hemisphere by HEO satellites which detect the launch flame from ~40000 km; data from sat is transmitted to ground control post, which, after validation, sends data to EW ("ATTENTION") and MD ("ALARM").
An "'international protocol" extending the Agreement on ballistic missile and space launch vehicles launch notifications between Russia and China.
"This Protocol shall be temporarily applied from December 15, 2020 and shall enter into force on the day of receipt through diplomatic channels of the last written notification of the implementation by the Parties of the domestic procedures necessary for its entry into force."
BTW so far I haven't managed to find the relevant ratification documents on the Duma website.