Russia deploys S-400 air defense system near western border
Sputnik news agency quoted the spokesman for Russia's Western Military District, Colonel Oleg Kochetkov, as saying on June 25 that the military district will be equipped with an unspecified number of advanced S-400 Triumf and Pantsir-S air defense systems before the end of 2015.
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| S-400 Triumf air defense system. (Source: AFP/VNA). |
The S-400 Triumf is Russia's next-generation air defense weapons system, carrying three different types of missiles capable of destroying aerial targets from short to extremely long ranges.
Meanwhile, Pantsir-S1 (SA-22 Greyhound) is a short-to-medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery system.
The system was first put into service in 2012 and will gradually replace the Tunguska self-propelled air defense system.
Russia is currently implementing a $325 billion weapons innovation program to modernize 70% of its military's arsenal by 2020./.
(According to VNN)
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