TSAMTO, November 9th. The commander of the troops of the Southern Military District, Army General Alexander Dvornikov, spoke at a briefing about equipping the district's troops with modern types of weapons and equipment.
"Today, the indicator of equipping the district's troops with the latest types of weapons has reached 71 percent. and it is the highest among the military districts," A. Dvornikov said.
Last year, the formations and military units of the district received more than 1.5 thousand units of the latest models of weapons, military and special equipment, including ships, airplanes, helicopters, various armored vehicles, communications, electronic warfare and other types. To date, the aviation units of the association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District stationed on the Crimean Peninsula are 100 percent. they are equipped with modern tactical aircraft and helicopters of the army aviation.
"A fairly powerful air defense system has been deployed on the southern borders of the Russian Federation, including the Crimean peninsula. It is capable of repelling enemy air strikes operating from all directions in the entire range of heights and speeds," the commander of the Southern Military District troops stressed.
The association of the Air Force and Air Defense of the Southern Military District is armed with modern anti-aircraft missile systems S-400 "Triumph" and anti-aircraft missile and cannon complexes "Pantsir-S". Calculations of the newest S-350 Vityaz complexes are currently being prepared for combat duty, the press service of the Southern Military District reports.
