Russia's New Sea Base Air Defense

Russia to Develop Own Aegis

 

Russia will have own sea-based missile defense system analogous to American Aegis, Anatoly Shlemov, head of state defense order department at United Shipbuilding Corporation told RIA Novosti.
“This is unambiguous task assigned to defense industry, because it is very urgent to use warships in national missile defense architecture“, explained the interviewee.
According to him, JSC Almaz-Antei (designer of S-300 and S-400 missile defense systems) is engaged in development of the sea-based missile defense systems along with other companies.
Earlier on, it was reported about Russian defense ministry’s plans to kick off shipbuilding program of 6 missile/space defense destroyers in 2016.

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