the s-400 is also being widely exported much to the chagrin of the united states and nato the
united states has even imposed economic sanctions on countries simply for buying the system but
many of the world's powers have still expressed interest in the anti-aircraft missile platform
the s-400 is seen as a significant improvement over its s 300 predecessor on several performance
fronts whereas the s-300 was explicitly designed as a long-range air defense system
the s-400 is currently compatible with four missiles that are meant to satisfy a wide spectrum
of operational categories the russian navy's black sea fleet announced this week that it held air
defense and anti-saboteur drills in crimea with its s 400 triumph anti-aircraft missile systems
dummy ammunition and simulated explosives were used during a notional attack by adversarial
saboteurs the drills were meant to create a situation close to a combat environment
in the course of the air defense drills the personnel of an s-400 triumph battalion practiced
a set of measures to relocate positions and redeploy to an alternate area under the protection
of panzer s surface-to-air missile slash gun launchers the black sea fleet's press office
said in a statement as reported during a march from the positioning area notional saboteurs
attacked the military column the security and protection personnel within the column
repelled the attack and eliminated the enemy added the press office after the march the combat teams
of the s-400 triumph battalion practiced a set of measures to detect lock on and track control
targets with their subsequent destruction by electronic launches russia has previously
conducted anti-aircraft drills with the s-400 in recent months including one earlier this year that
reportedly involved more than 300 personnel from a regiment of the central military district a prior
drill last year involved more than 450 russian personnel and some 200 pieces of military hardware
the russia build s 400 triumph nato reporting name
sa-21 growler is the latest long and medium-range surface-to-air missile system and it is designed
to destroy aircraft crews and ballistic missiles and can also be used against ground installations
the s-400 which can also launch 40 n6 missiles is designed to engage targets at a distance of
up to 400 kilometers at up to 6 times the speed of sound and at an altitude of up to
30 kilometers under intensive enemy fire and jamming it entered service in 2007
the s-400 has also been seen as a significant improvement over its s 300 predecessor on
several performance fronts whereas the s-300 was explicitly designed as a long-range air defense
system the s-400 is currently compatible with four missiles that are meant to satisfy a wide
spectrum of operational categories very long range 40 n6e 400 kilometers long range 48 n6
250 kilometers medium range 9m 96 e2 120 kilometers and short range 9m 96 e 40 kilometers
the s 400 is comprised of four core components one the 30k 6e battle management system
consisting of a command post and acquisition radar 2 as many as 698 zh6 efire units and 12
transporter erector launchers tells free an assortment of surface-to-air missiles sam
and the four 30 ts-6 e-logistical support system for missile storage and equipment maintenance
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