The Barents Observer

The surface-to-air missile complex has been deployed on site to protect the air space of the Russian Arctic and Northern Sea Route against enemy aggression, military representatives made clear during a high-rank visit to the new base this week.

It was Northern Fleet Lieutenant General Aleksandr Otrakovsky that headed the delegation that had traveled to the remote Arctic base located on the coast of the Laptev Sea. Otrakovsky leads the Northern Fleet’s air force and air defense divisions.

The S-300 is by many regarded as one of the most potent anti-aircraft systems ever developed. It is the predecessor of the newer and more advanced S-400, a system that has been deployed several places across the Russian Arctic, including in Novaya Zemlya and the Kola Peninsula.

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