MOSCOW – Russian Military deploys most dangerous S -400 Missile defencesystem at new locations in Arctic.
The dwployments come as Russia has been stepping up its military, trade andexploration activities in the Arctic by building transport and energyinfrastructure and developing the Northern Sea Route as part of theArctic’s Northern Passage, which links Europe and Asia.
The press service of the Russian Northern Fleet said Monday that thecountry’s military had deployed new S-400 Triumph systems on the NovayaZemlya archipelago in the Arctic.
“The air defence regiment of the Russian Northern Fleet deployed on Yuzhnyisland of the Novaya Zemlya archipelago has been completely reequipped withnew S-400 systems,” the statement reads.
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The personnel has been re-trained to be able to use the newest systems; ithad previously used S-300 systems.
“The newest air defence systems increase the aerial zone in the region thatfalls under the control of our military,” the statement notes.
