A new S-400 missile battalion has taken up combat duty in the Moscow region. This is reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.
The report states that the combat crews of the anti-aircraft missile division of the Dmitrovsky anti-aircraft missile regiment of the Moscow Air Defense Unit of the Aerospace Forces Region began combat duty for the air defense of the capital and the central industrial region of the country.
The ministry noted that& #39;at the Kapustin Yar training ground in the Astrakhan region, the Triumph Complex successfully conducted the first live fire. He arrived at the place of permanent deployment in the Moscow region in December, the Ministry of Defense clarified.
At the moment, 5 anti-aircraft missile regiments are defending Moscow and the Central Industrial Region of the Russian Federation. All are equipped with S-400 systems.
On January 21, two divisions of S-400 air defense missile systems were sent to Belarus for exercises from the Far East.< /p>
Earlier, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that the implementation of the contract for Ankara's acquisition of Russia's S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems continues.