An upgraded space control system has gone on combat alert in Russia, Chief Designer of the Ballistic Missile Early Warning System, CEO of the Vympel Inter-State Corporation Sergey Boyev told TASS at the Army 2022 arms show on Thursday.

"Quite recently, a decree was signed on placing an upgraded space control system and modernized Krona, Okno and Pritsel radio-optical systems on combat alert," he said.

Specialized ground-based radio-technical, laser-optical and optoelectronic space control systems located in the Moscow and Altai Regions and the Russian Far East, Karachay-Circassia and Tajikistan ensure global control in the near-Earth space.