Russian S-400 Air Defense Missiles
Interfax 17 May 99
MOSCOW, May 17 (Interfax) - The testing of S-400 Triumf air defense systems is nearing completion in Kapustin Yar, Astrakhan region. The first systems of this kind will be delivered to the Moscow Air Force and Air Defense District in the fourth quarter of the Year, an official in the Russian Defense Ministry has told Interfax. The S-400 can "effectively destroy all existing and future air attack systems," military experts say. It incorporates various state-of-art technologies. AWACS aircraft which jam air defense systems will be its prime target. The effectiveness of the S-400 is expected to be two to 2.5 times that of the S-300, the earlier generation of air defense systems. The S-400's range is 400 kilometers. It is capable of shooting down ballistic missiles whose range is 3,500 kilometers. Missiles of S-400 systems are expected to become the basic long range weapon of Russian aircraft.
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