Russia’s air and missile defense forces repel notional air strike on Moscow in drills

June 10, 2020

Tass

The Russian Aerospace Force’s special-purpose air and missile defense troops repelled a notional enemy’s air strike against Moscow in drills, making 30 notional missile launches, the Defense Ministry of Russia reported on Friday.

“During the check, the quick reaction alert units of radio-technical and anti-aircraft missile regiments of the Aerospace Force’s air and missile defense large unit timely detected and notionally fired at all the designated targets,” the ministry said.

The drills involved the combat teams of S-400 ‘Triumf’ and S-300 ‘Favorit’ surface-to-air missile systems and Pantsyr-S anti-aircraft missile/gun launchers, which performed over 30 notional launches, the ministry specified.

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