Moscow. February 20. INTERFAX-The S-400 air defense systems division will take up combat duty on Sakhalin in the middle of next week, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
"On February 24, the crews of s-400 "Triumph" anti-aircraft missile regiment of the air defense compounds BBO be put on combat duty for the air guard the Eastern borders of the Russian Federation", - stated in the message.
According to the ministry, the systems will be placed in the area of the military town of Bolshaya Elan in the Sakhalin region.
In December 2020, the military reported on the deployment of S-300V4 air defense systems on the Kuril Islands
S-400 - long-range air defense system. It is designed to destroy strategic and tactical aircraft, ballistic missiles, hypersonic targets and other means of air attack in the conditions of electronic and other types of counteraction. The system is capable of hitting aerodynamic targets at a range of up to 400 km, as well as ballistic targets at a range of up to 60 km, flying at speeds of up to 4.8 km/s at altitudes from several meters to several tens of kilometers.
S-300V4 - a complex on a tracked track. Refers to the air defense of the Ground Forces. Its tasks: the protection of troops in defensive and offensive operations, air and missile defense of military facilities.
