Soviet Air Defense Forces

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air defense force military branch

The Soviet Air Defense Forces were a separate branch of the Soviet Armed Forces responsible for the country’s air and missile defense, operating extensive networks of radar, interceptor aircraft, and surface-to-air missile systems.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
Soviet Air Defence Forces	2
Air Defense Forces (PVO) (at various times separate)	1
Soviet Air Defence units	1
Soviet Air Defense (within other branches)	1
Войска противовоздушной обороны страны	1

Statements (68)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	air defense force ⓘ military branch ⓘ
areaOfOperations	Soviet national territory ⓘ Warsaw Pact ⓘ surface form: Warsaw Pact air defense network (coordinated)
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
dissolved	1991 ⓘ 1998 (as separate Russian successor branch) ⓘ
doctrine	centralized command and control ⓘ layered air defense ⓘ
engagedIn	Cold War air defense operations ⓘ U-2 incident of 1960 ⓘ shootdown of Korean Air Lines Flight 007 ⓘ
formed	1948 ⓘ
hadBranch	anti-aircraft artillery (early period) ⓘ fighter aviation ⓘ radio-technical troops ⓘ surface-to-air missile troops ⓘ
hadUnitType	air defense armies ⓘ air defense corps ⓘ air defense divisions ⓘ air defense regiments ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Moscow ⓘ
nativeName	Soviet Air Defense Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Войска противовоздушной обороны страны
notableCommander	Marshal of Aviation Ivan Belyakov ⓘ Marshal of the Soviet Union Alexander Koldunov ⓘ Marshal of the Soviet Union Pavel Batitsky ⓘ
notableFeature	one of the largest integrated air defense systems in the world ⓘ separate service equal in status to Ground Forces, Air Force, and Navy ⓘ
operatedAircraft	A-50 AWACS ⓘ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 ⓘ surface form: MiG-15 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-17 ⓘ surface form: MiG-17 MiG-19 ⓘ Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-21 ⓘ surface form: MiG-21 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-23 ⓘ surface form: MiG-23 MiG-25 ⓘ MiG-31 ⓘ Su-11 ⓘ Su-15 ⓘ Su-9 ⓘ Tu-128 ⓘ Yak-28P ⓘ
operatedWeaponSystem	S-125 Neva/Pechora ⓘ S-200 Angara/Vega/Dubna ⓘ S-25 Berkut ⓘ S-300P series ⓘ S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile ⓘ surface form: S-75 Dvina
partOf	Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Armed Forces
peakEquipment	hundreds of interceptor aircraft ⓘ thousands of SAM launchers ⓘ
peakPersonnelStrength	over 1,000,000 personnel (approximate, late Cold War) ⓘ
precededBy	Soviet Air Defense Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Soviet Air Defense (within other branches)
responsibleFor	air defense of key military and industrial facilities ⓘ airspace protection of the Soviet Union ⓘ
role	air defense ⓘ missile defense ⓘ space defense (late period) ⓘ
shortName	PVO Strany ⓘ
subordinateTo	Ministry of Defense of the USSR ⓘ surface form: Ministry of Defence of the USSR
successor	Russian Aerospace Forces air and missile defense components ⓘ Russian Air Defence Forces ⓘ
used	airborne early warning aircraft ⓘ anti-aircraft artillery (early period) ⓘ command and control systems ⓘ early warning systems ⓘ ground-controlled interception systems ⓘ interceptor aircraft ⓘ radar networks ⓘ surface-to-air missile systems ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

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

Gagarin Air Force Academy → affiliation → Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Defence Forces

Frontal Aviation → coordinationWith → Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Defence units

Soviet High Command → exercisedAuthorityOver → Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ

Supreme Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the USSR → hasAuthorityOver → Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ

Soviet armed forces → hasPart → Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ

Paris Summit of 1960 → hasRelatedOrganization → Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Defence Forces

Soviet Air Defense Forces → nativeName → Soviet Air Defense Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Войска противовоздушной обороны страны

Soviet military officers → partOf → Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ

Soviet Air Defense Forces → precededBy → Soviet Air Defense Forces self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Air Defense (within other branches)

Ministry of Defense of the USSR → responsibleFor → Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ

Soviet Air Forces → subBranch → Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ

this entity surface form: Air Defense Forces (PVO) (at various times separate)

S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile → usedBy → Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ

subject surface form: S-75 Dvina