A-235 anti-ballistic missile system

A-235 PL-19 Nudol (Russian: Система А-235 / РТЦ-181М / Нудоль) is a Russian anti-ballistic missile system in development.[1] This system is designed to deflect a nuclear attack on Moscow and important industrial regions. The main developer of the system is JSC Concern VKO Almaz-Antey. The new system should replace the current one — A-135. Missile defense system A-235 will be using the Don-2N radar and the range radar Don 2NP / 5N20P with updated software and hardware; the guidance system of the A-235 complex will be similar to the existing system A-135. The A-235 when deployed could possibly be equipped with a nuclear warhead which would greatly increase its ability to kill incoming warheads. Yield on which it would be deployed is not yet known.[2] According to reports in early 2018, the system will not be equipped with nuclear warheads.[3] The system will be deployed at points surrounding Moscow by the end of 2018.[4]

External video
A–235 testing, YouTube video

The new PRS-1M (45T6) is a modernized variant of the PRS-1 (53T6) and can use nuclear or conventional warheads. It can hit targets at ranges of 350 km and altitudes of 50 km.[5]

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  1. ↑ Graff, Garrett M. (June 26, 2018). "The New Arms Race Threatening to Explode in Space". Wired. Russia has repeatedly flight-tested a so-called direct ascent weapon, the PL-19 Nudol ballistic missile, which could strike objects in orbit, although it hasn’t conducted a live attack on an orbiting satellite.
  2. ↑ "Russia Flight Tests Anti-Satellite Missile - Washington Free Beacon". freebeacon.com. 2 December 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. ↑ "Москва получит новую противоракетную защиту". Известия (in Russian). 2018-02-21. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  4. ↑ "СМИ: в Москве усилят систему ПРО". Газета.Ru. Retrieved 2018-02-21.
  5. ↑ @DFRLab (1 December 2017). "#PutinAtWar: New Russian Anti-Ballistic Missile". medium.com. Retrieved 15 March 2018.


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