R&D references with & nbsp; designation 'Nudal' are found in the & nbsp; annual reports of the enterprises of the Concern East Kazakhstan region “ Almaz-Antey '' since & nbsp; 2011. According to & nbsp; data of foreign sites tracking space launches, the first successful tests of the Russian anti-missile system from & nbsp; Plesetsk took place on 18 & nbsp; November 2015. In & nbsp; in total, they have about & nbsp; a dozen tests of “ Nudol '' from the & nbsp; northern cosmodrome, not counting the successful destruction of the target satellite in & nbsp; this year.
According to & nbsp; data from the American catalog of space objects NORAD, the affected satellite was orbited at & nbsp; heights of just under 500 & nbsp; km. Most of the optical and & nbsp; radar surveillance spacecraft, both commercial and & nbsp; military, work on these. In the & nbsp; range of up to & nbsp; 1000 & nbsp; km, the trajectories of long-range ballistic missiles pass. , known by & nbsp; the name of the development work (ROC) & ldquo; Nudol & rdquo;. This is indicated by the published launch point, satellite interception parameters and & nbsp; a number of other indicators. It is unlikely that & nbsp; on & nbsp; on & nbsp; tested with & nbsp; Plesetsk another system that suddenly emerged from & nbsp; out of nowhere & raquo;, & nbsp; & mdash; said military expert Dmitry Kornev.
Tests on November 15 & nbsp; showed that the & nbsp; Nudol system is in a & nbsp; high degree of readiness, noted Dmitry Kornev.