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Anti-aircraft missile and gun systems "Pantsir-S1" crews from the tactical group of the Northern Fleet, stationed on the island of Kotelny, conducted training and combat shooting. The anti-aircraft gunners fired at targets simulating enemy armored personnel carriers and snowmobiles located at a distance of three kilometers. All targets were successfully hit by 30 mm rapid-fire…

The latest Rezonans-N radar capable of spotting hypersonic missiles and deployed on the Novaya Zemlya archipelago in November last year will enter service no sooner than mid-March 2020 after the arrival of personnel, CEO of the Rezonans Research Center (the radar’s manufacturer) Ivan Nazarenko told TASS on Wednesday. On February 26 this year, two-week training…

The radar is capable of detecting targets and issuing target acquisition on aerodynamic targets at a distance of 600 km and at a range of 1,200 km on ballistic targets, at an altitude of up to 100 km.

The Northern Fleet will arm all its Arctic battalions with S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in coming years to create an air defense dome over the Russian Arctic, Fleet Commander Vice-Admiral Alexander Moiseyev said in an interview with the Defense Ministry’s Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper on Monday.   "This year, S-400 systems will enter service with the air…