Newsweek

Moscow’s military has received its latest anti-air system and tested its ability to take on incoming aircraft at a time when Russia and the United States were competing for cutting-edge warfighting capabilities.

Russia’s aerospace forces commissioned the new S-350 Vityaz surface-to-air missile system on Wednesday. The system was delivered to the Air and Space Defenсe Academy in the Leningrad region and underwent training “to detect and destroy a mock air enemy.”

“The S-350 combat crew demonstrated their skills, hit a mock enemy with electronic missile launches, and marched to a new position area,” the Russian Ministry of Defense said Wednesday in a press release.

The weapon was described as having been “designed to protect the most important state, administrative, industrial, military facilities and groupings of troops from attacks by modern and promising means of air attack of the enemy.” It’s designed to defend against both aircraft and missiles.

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