An artillery regiment of S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems has been handed to Russia’s Defense Ministry, making it the third this year.
Another is expected to be supplied to the Armed Forces by the year-end, Almaz-Antey, which manufactures the systems, said in a statement Thursday.
“The Almaz-Antey concern, as part of its obligations [to fulfill its] state defense order, transferred a regular (second for October and third for 2017) regiment of S-400 Triumf air defense missile systems to the Russian Defense Ministry,” the statement said.
“By the end of 2017, the company will supply the Russian Defense Ministry with another S-400 regiment. Thus, this year the state customer will have been sent four [artillery] regiments equipped with the system,” it said.
S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft weapon systems during combat duty drills of the surface to air-missile regiment in the Moscow Region.
The S-400 Triumph is designed for highly effective protection against air strikes, strategic, cruise, tactical and operational-tactical ballistic missiles as well as medium-range ballistic missiles in combat and radio electronic countermeasures.
Source: Sputnik
