[NYTr] Russia Monitors World Nuke Explosions

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Prensa Latina, Havana
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Russia Monitors World Nuke Explosions

Moscow, Sep 3 (Prensa Latina) The Russian Federation has and uses the
technology necessary to detect a nuclear explosion in any part of the
planet, and monitor atomic tests 24 hours a day, assured Col. Gen.
Vladimir Verjovtsev on Monday.

The head of Direction 12 of the Russian Defense Ministry said his
institution exerts a rigid control on propagation of nuclear weapons
use.

Our mission has not changed, Verjovtsev said, it consists of guarding
Russian nuclear security and fulfilment of the Nuclear Non
Proliferation Treaty, to face terrorism and prevent accidents with
these weapons.

As part of the plan, Moscow recently installed the modular Voronezh
radar outside St. Petersburg, which is able to detect firing from
inter-continental and tactical combat missiles.

With this design the Russian station can see a small sheet of paper at
distances up to 2,800 miles in any part of the world, from Africa to
Greenland.

The construction of the new device cost 53 million dollars, much less
than its predecessors Dnieper (200 million dollars) and Daryal (800
million dollars).

The new radar also needs fewer personnel (15) and uses less energy (0.7
megawatts).

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