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Friday, February 18, 2011
Russia successfully test fires S-400 missiles
The Russian military successfully test fired the new air defense S-400 Triumph missiles at Kapustin Yar range, Aerospace Defense Commander Valery Ivanov told reporters on Thursday adding the first stage of the tests attacked a hypersonic target flying at a speed of 550 meters per second.
“The fire by two squadrons destroyed the high-speed target and even its fragments,” he said adding “it was a simple target for us, but it was important to see that all automatic control cycles properly operate and we can fire at more difficult targets imitating a cruise missile.”
Head of the air defense missile troops Sergei Popov said “live fire results will be assessed by objective control means after which a decision will made about fire at another target.”
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