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New S-400 missiles to protect Kola Peninsula

Russia's most sophisticated missile system will soon be deployed in the Kola Peninsula.

Russia deploys its newest and most advanced anti-aircraft missile system, the S-400, near the borders to Norway and Finland.

Location

Servicemen from Murmansk are now in the south Russian Astrakhan region for training and testing of the new system. After the training, the S-400 will be incorporated in the missile forces of the Kola Peninsula, a press release from the Russian Armed Forces reads.

With the new system, the missile forces of the region will add range and powers to its already well-equipped weapon arsenal. The S-400 can simultaniously hit up to 36 targets with a total of 72 missiles. It can neutralize enemy aircrafts at a up to 240 km distance and enemy missiles at 60 km distance, Wikipedia informs.

The S-400, an upgrade of the S-300 family, is the new generation Russian anti-aircraft weapon system developed by the Almaz Central Design Bureau. Russia currently has a total of 16 divisions with S-400 systems, based in six different regions. Each of the divisions have eight S-400 systems.

Murmansk Oblast today has six bases of the Russian Missile Forces, located in Polyarny, Kola, Murmansk, Mochegorsk, Olenegorsk and Polyarnye Zori. Several of them are equipped with the S-300 systems. 

The S-400 is known as SA-21 Growler in NATO terminology.