The United States recorded the test of Russian anti-satellite weapons
Russia 26 March 2018 in Plesetsk has conducted six missile test anti-satellite interception missile and anti-space defense And-235 (design and experimental work “Nudol”), according to The Diplomat, citing Pentagon sources.
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The publication notes that last test was the fourth successful test of A-235 is (according to The Diplomat, conducted six). It is claimed that the launch of the first produced with the standard mobile launcher, designed for the complex, whereas the earlier starts are done with the test launchers.
The publication, citing the us military, notes that anti-satellite weapons Russia includes, in particular, the test system s-500 and A-235.
The Diplomat also claims that by the end of 2018 around Moscow will deploy a missile-defense system, based on a set of A-135 with the upgraded antimissile 53T6 (ABM-3 Gazelle according to NATO classification), which in November 2017 demonstrated the successful intercept the target at an altitude of about one hundred kilometers.
The Russian military on 2 April 2018 has successfully tested a rocket 53Т6М missile defense system A-135 at Sary Shagan, are intended to defend Moscow from air and space attack and missile warning and space control.