New long-range missile for the C-400 will go into service with the Russian Air Force
"The long-range missile for the C-400 is ready, it is being produced, and will soon go into service in those regiments that are already on combat duty," said Humenny.
According to the general, long-range missile tests are still ongoing and will continue. He noted that the stated specifications were confirmed during the tests. Earlier, the Ministry of Defense signed a contract for the supply of long-range missiles for C-400 air defense systems.
Humenny also recalled that the C-400 ZRS in 2012 year and in the future will be placed in the coastal and border areas of Russia.
"Unlike in previous years, when these systems arrived in the Moscow region, these systems will be located in the coastal and border areas," the general said. Answering the question of journalists whether the C-400 ZRS will be delivered to the troops this year, he said that "there will always be an addition."
SAM S-400 "Triumph" - a system of long and medium range of the new generation. It is designed to defeat all modern and promising means of aerospace attack - reconnaissance aircraft, strategic and tactical aircraft aviation, tactical, operational-tactical ballistic missiles, medium-range ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets, jammers, airborne radar and guidance aircraft, and others.
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