Sunday 16 May 2021

The military in the south of Russia received a new air defense system S-350

Vitaly V. Kuzmin



S-350 "Vityaz" Archive photo of the RF Ministry of Defense

Rostov-on-Don. 12 May. Interfax-AVN - The new medium-range anti-aircraft missile system S-350 Vityaz entered service with the Southern Military District, commander of the military district Alexander Dvornikov said in an interview with the Military Bulletin of the South of Russia newspaper.

      "This year entered service with a promising medium-range anti-aircraft missile system S-350 Vityaz. According to its characteristics, it is designed to combat both aerodynamic and ballistic targets. One of the district's anti-aircraft missile regiments has already begun rearmament with this a new sample, "said Dvornikov.

     As the press service of the Southern Military District told Interfax, the S-350 entered service with the regiment in the Krasnodar Territory.

     "Currently, the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Southern Military District are 90% equipped with samples of the new fleet, and radio-technical units - by 76%. The basis of our means of fighting air targets are the S-400 Triumph and Pantsir-S air defense missile systems," he added Dvornikov.

     Dvornikov said in March that long-range anti-aircraft missile systems of the new generation S-500, as well as new medium-range air defense systems S-350, could be deployed in Crimea and other regions of southern Russia.

     S-350 "Vityaz" (concern "Almaz-Antey") - a mobile multi-channel medium-range air defense system. Designed to protect government, industrial, military facilities and groupings of troops from modern and advanced air attack weapons. The system is capable of destroying air targets at ranges over 120 km and at altitudes over 30 km. The time for bringing the complex to combat readiness from the march does not exceed 5 minutes.

     In January, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the first anti-aircraft missile regiment is planned to be re-equipped with the S-350 in 2021. Previously, the S-350 complex was supplied for training specialists at a training center in the Leningrad Region.


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