Experimental missile defense system "A" (1960-1969)

Aircraft detection station.

Ballistic missile detection station - various plans.

Missile defense radars.

Aircraft tracking station.

Ballistic missile tracking station.

Automatic station control system; operator at work.

A group of military and civilian specialists are walking towards the building.

Equipment; military specialists are working.

Anti-missile on the launch pad; anti-missile launch.

Missile in the sky.

Anti-missiles at the testing ground.

Specialists at the devices.

Anti-missile launch at night - different plans.

Explosion cloud in the sky - different plans.

Photos of the R-12 missile destruction.

Specialists at the KST-60 optical device.

Operators are working.

The means of system "A" prepared for combat work - various plans.

Combat tests - destruction by means of system "A" of the warhead of the R-12 missile, equipped with a standard special warhead: various components of system "A" are working; specialists; system equipment; locators; anti-missiles at the launch; launch of the anti-missile; timer; the anti-missile moves to intercept the target; destruction of the target.

The antenna is rotating.

The anti-missile is on the launch pad.

The anti-missile is launched.

The missile is in the sky.

The military is at the measuring point of the test site.

The missile is flying along the set trajectory.

Launch of an anti-missile.

Technical position of anti-missiles.

Assembly and testing building; specialists assemble anti-missiles and check on-board equipment, autopilot and electrical equipment.

Transportation of the docked anti-missile to the refueling site.

Refueling of the anti-missile.

Automated complex of means of magnetic recording of digital data.

Operator at work.

Computer; lights blinking; results of range measurements being printed.

Measuring points of the test site for optical determination and recording of current coordinates of the target and anti-missile.

Telemetric measuring points - external appearance.

Radio relay stations of the digital information transmission system.

Central radio relay station: equipment, operators at work; indicator screens.

Intermediate station - antennas of the data transmission system station of the horn-parabolic type.

Terminal station of the launch site.

Terminal station of the precision guidance radar.

Terminal station of the "Dunai-2" detection system.

Launch sites of anti-missiles with an automated complex of radio-technical and fire means.

Combined antenna system of the sighting station and command transmission station: parabolic mirrors - capture antenna, tracking antenna, compensation antenna and command transmission stations.

Underground bunker in which the radio-technical equipment is located.

Equipment of the command transmission station - different plans; an operator is working.

Equipment of the radar station for sighting anti-missiles - different plans.

Military specialists are working.

Control post of the combat position with monitoring and launch equipment.

V-1000 anti-missiles on the launcher; missiles are deploying.

The design of the V-1000 anti-missile: the first stage is a powder booster with stabilizers; the second stage with a liquid-propellant rocket engine, which houses the autopilot and on-board radio equipment of the guidance system; the nose compartment with the warhead.

Precision-guided radars of the "A" system - different plans.

The design of radars, which are a two-channel, pulse station for automatic tracking of targets and anti-missiles.

Radar with a special inflatable radio-transparent dome; antennas of various diameters; a technological building in which the equipment, made in the form of separate "cabinets", is located; transmitting devices; waveguide devices; receiving devices; rangefinders; functional control equipment.

Specialists are working.

Control panel with indicator devices; operators are working.

Precision-guided radar with rigid-structure radio domes.

Experimental installation R-2 for studying the radar characteristics of ballistic missiles.

Precision-guided radar with the removed radio-transparent dome of the target channel antenna.

Special testing ground for System A objects in the desert - photographed from a helicopter.

The Duna-2 ballistic target detection and tracking radar station - the transmitting and receiving parts of the station.

The antenna system of the transmitting part of the station - different plans.

Technological building of the transmitting part.

The equipment of the transmitting part of the station: exciter, power combining device, transmitters, transmitter control panel.

The structure of the receiving part of the station: two tiers of antennas.

Technological building of the receiving part of the station.

The equipment of the receiving part: receiving device, a set of equipment for detecting, locking on and automatically tracking a target; control panel, specialists at work; the station's indicator device.

The Duna-2 station.

The central computing station and command post of System A. The structure of the central computing station: central computer, specialized calculating machine; water cooling system with a spray pool; air supply and tempering units.

The command post of System A with a central indicator and control panel.

Light boards and screens of the command post.

Anti-missiles at the launch.

Launch of guided anti-missiles.

Ballistic missile tracking station - guiding missiles to ballistic targets.

Aircraft detection station.

Ballistic missile detection station.

Aircraft tracking station.

Ballistic missile tracking station - external and internal view.

Specialist at the control panel.

Proving ground - different plans.

Proving ground tests of the "A" system: firing of V-1000 anti-missiles at R-5 and R-12 ballistic missiles; firing at intercontinental ballistic missiles (artificial target).

Command post; specialists; electronic equipment.

Anti-missiles at the launch site.

Launch of an anti-missile.

Central computer of System A; specialized computing machine: operators at work.

Command post of System A; control panel with indicator devices; operators at work.

Precision guidance radar.

Experimental installation R-2. Antenna of the transmission system station of the horn-parabolic type.

Anti-missiles on the launcher.

Radio engineering equipment in an underground bunker.

Launch of an anti-missile.

Anti-missile in the sky.

Operators at work.

Various means of System A. Military specialists at the equipment.

Anti-missile launches - day and night plans.