Video - New Russian S-400 doubles firing range

New Russian S-400 doubles firing range. (Zvezda).

Checking for new missile S-400 is in full swing. During the test, the missile was put almost a full range of flight and successfully hit the target.

The new missile will increase the range of complex lesions by almost half. "With the adoption adopted a new missile, which is now undergoing state tests, a destructive force C-400 will be up to 400 kilometers," - said the deputy commander of the Air and Space Defense Major General Kirill Makarov. He said that in the current assembly complex is capable of hitting a target at a distance of 250 kilometers.

Air defense missile system S-400 (Russian classification - "Triumph", according to NATO classification - SA-21 Growler, ie "Grumpy") adopted in 2007. Currently, Russia deployed 19 battalions of these machines (152 launchers).