Sputnik International:
A new air defense missile was successfully test fired from a testing range in Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry said in an official publication on Friday.
“A missile defense unit of the Russian Aerospace Forces has tested a new, modernized air defense missile at the Sary Shagan testing range (Kazakhstan),” the ministry said in the affiliated Krasnaya Zvezda (Red Star) newspaper.
Russian Maj. Gen. Andrei Prikhodko, deputy commander of air and anti-ballistic defense forces, was cited in the statement as saying that the projectile had successfully engaged its target. The weapon is in military service.
In April, the Russian Defense Ministry said the new, modernized anti-ballistic missile system has been successfully tested in Kazakhstan at the Sary Shagan testing range.
