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| Radio-Technical Troops | |
|---|---|
 Collar insignia | |
| Active | 15 December 1951 - present |
| Country |  Russia |
| Branch | Russian Aerospace Forces |
| Role | Radar detection,reconnaissance,electronic warfare |
| Part of | Russian Armed Forces |
| Commanders | |
| Current commander | Major GeneralAndrei Chedayev |
TheRadio-Technical Troops (RTT;Russian:Радиотехнические войска,romanized: Radiotekhnicheskie voyska, РТВ) is a branch of theRussian Aerospace Forces responsible forradar detection inaerial warfare.[1] The RTT is equipped withradio-technical equipment to conduct radarreconnaissance and give information on the air situation to the Aerospace Forces and other branches of theRussian Armed Forces.
The RTT was established in 1951 as a branch of theSoviet Air Defence Forces to detect enemymilitary aircraft. It became part of theRussian Air Force in 1997 when the Russian Air Defence Forces (a continuation of the Soviet force) was merged into it. As a branch of the Russian Air Force, it became a sub-branch of the Russian Aerospace Forces in 2015 when it was created through a merger with theRussian Aerospace Defence Forces.
The RTT consists of "radio-technical regiments" (RTR), which are organised as part of an Air Force Association (air army), as well as an air defence division, other units and organisations directly under theCommander-in-Chief of the Air Force. The RTT are the primary source of radar data on the air situation for the Russian Armed Forces. They carry out radar reconnaissance and provide with radar information combat crews of higher command posts (CPs) and CPs of formations, military units and aviation subdivisions,anti-aircraft missile troops andelectronic warfare troops. In peacetime, the RTT carry out aair defence role, performing tasks for protection of Russia'sairspace.
The main directions of development of the Radio-Technical Troops are as follows: improving the technical equipment of military units and subdivisions by carrying out activities on life extension and modernisation of existing weapons and equipment, development of weapons of the new park:
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