PVO Strany

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PVO Strany was the branch of the Soviet Armed Forces responsible for the air and missile defense of the USSR’s territory.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
PVO Strany canonical 3

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Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf air defense force
branch of the Soviet Armed Forces
alliance Warsaw Pact
country Soviet Union
era Cold War
fullName Country’s Air Defense
Soviet Air Defense Forces
surface form: Protivo-Vozdushnaya Oborona Strany
hasAbbreviation PVO
languageOfName Russian
militaryBranchType air and missile defense
nativeName Russian Air Defence Forces
surface form: ПВО страны
operatedIn Soviet airspace
territory of the USSR
partOf Soviet armed forces
surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
primaryRole airspace protection
interception of hostile aircraft
interception of hostile missiles
responsibleFor air defense of Soviet territory
air defense of the USSR
missile defense of Soviet territory
missile defense of the USSR
status defunct
successor Russian Aerospace Forces air and missile defense components
task air defense command and control
airspace surveillance
early warning of air attack
usedEquipmentType anti-aircraft artillery
interceptor aircraft
radar systems
surface-to-air missile systems

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Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Yak-28P airForceBranch PVO Strany
Tu-128 serviceBranch PVO Strany