“In 2015, one of the air defense missile system regiments in the Moscow region… will adopt into service the modern long-range air defense missile system S-400 Triumph,” Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin, a spokesperson for Russia’s Aerospace Defense Forces, said.
This regimental set will be the fourth as three S-400 regiments are deployed near Moscow in the cities of Dmitrov, Zvenigorod and Elektrostal.
The S-400 Triumph long- to medium-range surface-to-air missile system can engage any aerial target, including aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles, and cruise and ballistic missiles at a distance of up to 400 kilometers (250 miles) and an altitude of up to 30 kilometers (over 98,400 feet).
The S-400 is expected to form the cornerstone of Russian air and missile defense by 2020 with nine regiments already deployed across the country as of December 2014.
Source: Sputnik
