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Troops to Get S-400 Missiles in Early 2006

October 19, 2005 :: Interfax :: News

Interfax-Military news agency reports that Russian servicemen will have the new S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile interceptor system by early 2006, quoting a source in the Defense Ministry.


“Servicemen will take theoretical training in control over the system before the end of the year, while practical exercises will begin in the first quarter of 2006, when the S-400 enters the inventory,” the source said.

A regiment of the first corps of the Special-Purpose Command hosted a rally on Monday that marked the beginning of the retraining process. Personnel of the regiment will be trained by teachers of the Tver-based Konstantin Zhukov Air Defense Academy and defense industry experts, the source noted.

The rally was attended by Col-Gen Boris Cheltsov, air force chief of staff, and Col-Gen Yuriy Solovyev, commander of the Special-Purpose Command, as well as defense industry representatives.
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