2016-07-19

Russian anti-aircraft missile system S-400 Russia’s Armed Forces received 58 planes and 34 helicopters in the second quarter of 2016, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said. During this period, Russian servicemen also received a brigade set of the Iskander-M (NATO reporting name: SS-26 Stone) tactical ballistic missile system and a regiment set of the S-400 (SA-21 Growler) air defense missile system, he added. “Over the past three months, the Armed Forces received a brigade set of the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system, a regiment set of the S-400 air defense missile system, the Project 11356 frigate Admiral Essen and a Soyuz 2-1b medium launch vehicle,” Shoigu said. According to him, the Armed Forces were also supplied with 15 unmanned aerial vehicles, eight radars, 58 planes and 34 helicopters. Chief of the Russian Armed Forces’ Armament Department Anatoly...

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