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Separate missile brigade in South Milirary District (Mozdok, North Ossetia) received full complect of "Iskander" missle system.
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A new S-400 Triumf air defense system entered service with the unit of the Russian Aerospace Forces in the Moscow Region. The system was delivered after test firing was completed at the Kapustin Yar range.

The command of the Russian Aerospace Forces deployed to the Moscow Region received a new S-400 air defense regiment unit, the press office of the Russian Defense Ministry reported.

"A new S-400 Triumf system entered service with an air defense unit of the Russian Aerospace Forces outside Moscow, after tests were completed at the Kapustin Yar range in the Astrakhan Region," the ministry said.

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During the tests, over 10 missile targets were successfully hit. They imitated low-altitude, ballistic and operational-tactic aerial targets at all altitudes and speeds.


After the system is put on combat duty the Russian Aerospace Forces will have four units equipped with the newest air defenses. They will protect the airspace over Moscow and the central industrial area.

The S-400 system is designed to hit a wide range of targets, including jamming aircraft, radar reconnaissance aircraft, strategic and tactical aircraft as well as ballistic missiles and hypersonic aerial vehicles.


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The Russian Strategic Missile Forces will completely switch to digital data transmission technologies by 2020, spokesperson of the Defense Ministry Maj. Dmitry Andreev told journalists.

The initiative is expected to significantly increase the effectiveness of the forces, including reducing the management cycle and improving the command decision making process. The plan will also include a set of measures to improve security of communications.

"With the current pace of modernization in the armed forces, communication systems will be all-digital by 2020," Andreev said.

In the last three years, the Strategic Missile Forces has received new digital information transfer systems for the firing locations of missile units. Satellite and radio-radar equipment have also been upgraded.



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"The Strategic Missile Forces have received modern telecommunication equipment, including digital radio relay devices, automatic phone stations for confidential and non-confidential communications as well as local computing segments of the defense ministry’s confidential network," Andreev added.


Between 2009 and 2012, digital communications systems were delivered to command points of the Strategic Missile Forces. In 2013, their communication center, training facilities and the Peter the Great Military Academy were modernized.



Read more: Russia’s Strategic Missile Forces to Go All-Digital by 2020
 

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