1st Special Purpose Air and Missile Defense Army information
1st Order of Lenin Special Purpose Air and Missile Defences Forces Army
1-я ордена Ленина армия противовоздушной и противоракетной обороны особого назначения
Active
2015?-present
Branch
Russian Aerospace Defence Forces
Military unit
The 1st Order of Lenin Special Purpose Air and Missile Defences Forces Army (Russian: 1-я ордена Ленина армия противовоздушной и противоракетной обороны особого назначения) is a military formation of the Russian Air and Missile Defense Forces (Russian Aerospace Defence Forces) tasked with defending assets of high strategic value in Russia, primarily the Moscow region and its surroundings where much of the military leadership is located together with a large part of the Russian population centers.[1] The unit is the only one equipped with the A-135M anti-ballistic missile system.[2]
It traces its history through the Moscow Air Defence District and the Special Purpose Command. The Moscow Air Defence District was awarded the Order of Lenin on 22 June 1968.[citation needed]
Moscow Defence Brief wrote regarding the reorganisation of 2011:
"The Air Defense and Missile Defense Command is headed by the former deputy commander of the Air Force in charge of Air Defense, Maj. Gen. Sergei Popov [ru]. The Command includes the 9th Missile Defense Division (the A-135 system, with an HQ in Sofrino) and three missile defense brigades stationed in Moscow region; all three — the 4th (Dolgoprudnyy), the 5th (Vidnoye) and the 6th (Rzhev) — were previously part of the Air Force’s ASD Operational Strategic Command."
As of 2021 the commander of the unit was Lieutenant General Andrei Demin.[2] Sometime prior to 2023, the command passed to Major General Konstantin Ogienko, who was relieved of command in July 2023 over a bribery investigation.[3]
On 7 September 2023, Ogienko, the officer formerly in charge of Moscow air defense was arrested for bribery according to RIA Novosti.[3]
Its headquarters is in Balashikha, Moscow Oblast.
^ПИНЧУК, Александр (2022-02-01). "ПРИБЫЛ, ЧТОБЫ ЗАЩИЩАТЬ НЕБО СТОЛИЦЫ". КРАСНАЯ ЗВЕЗДА (in Russian).
^ ab"МО заявило, что модернизированная система ПРО Москвы улучшит показатели надежности обороны - ТАСС". TACC. Retrieved 2023-07-20.
^ ab"Russian officer formerly in charge of Moscow air defense arrested for bribery". Kyiv Independent. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 7 September 2023.
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