well come S-400 missile system.
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| S-400 TRIUMF launch vehicle. type :mobile long -range surface -to air/anti-ballistic missile system. |
the s-400 triumph ( Russian C - 400 triumph ; NATO reporting name : SA-21 growler ) previously known as the S- 200 PMU -3, is a mobile surface -to air missile (SAM ) system developed in the 1990s by Russia NPO Almaz as an upgrade to the S -300 family of missiles .the s-400 was approved for service on 28 April 2007 and the first battalion of the systems assumed combat duty on 6 august 2007 .the system is complemented by its successor ,the s-500.
development.
the development of the s -400 began in the early 1980s to replace the s-200 missile system, but was rejected by a state commission due to high cost and inability to address the threat of cruise missiles.in the late 1980s the programme was revived in under the codename TRIUMF as a system capable of engaging aircraft at long range plus cruise missiles and stealth aircraft .the soviet government approved the TRIUMF programme on 22 august 1991, but the collapse of the soviet union put development into limbo.it was announced by the Russian air force in January 1993. on 12 February 1999 successful tests were reported at Kapustin yar in astrakhan, and the s-400 was scheduled for deployment by officially revived on 7 July 1999,albeit as a modernization of the s-300PM rather then an s-200 replacement. Alexander Lemansky of Almaz -Antey was the chief engineer on the s-400 project.
in 2003, it became apparent that the system was not ready for deployment . in august , two high - ranking military officials expressed concern that the s-400 was being tested with older interceptors from the s-300p system and concluded that it was not ready for deployment .the completion of the project was announced in February 2004.in April, a ballistic missile was successfully intercepted in a test of the upgraded 48N6DM missile . the system was approved for service by the government on 28 April 2007 .Russia had accepted for service system, a source in the domestic defense industry told TASS news agency in October 2018.
structure.
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| PBU 55K6E command centre. |
missiles.
one system comprising eight divizion (battalions ) can control 72 launchers ,with a maximum of 384 missiles (including missiles with a range of less then 250 km (160 mi) .a gas system launches missiles from launch tubes .at 30 metres (98 ft) downrange rocket motor Ingnition activates.in April 2015,a successful test firing of the missile was conducted at an airborne target at a range of 400 km 9250 mi) transporter erector launchers (TELs) carrying the long -range 40N6 may only hold two missiles instead of the typical four due to their large size . another test recorded a 9M96 missile using an active radar homing head that reached a altitude of 56 km (35 mi) .all missiles are equipped with directed explosion warheads, which increases the probability of complete destruction of aerial targets but are less effective against ballistic targets. in 2016 , Russian anti- aircraft missile troops received upgraded missiles for S-300 and S-400 defence systems. The anti-aircraft version of the missile system, designed to destroy aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, ,can also be used against ground targets. The S -400 is able to intercept cruise missile at a range of only about 40 km (25 mi) due to their low-altitude flight paths.
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