MOSCOW, October 10 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's defense concern Almaz-Antey has delivered a new “regimental” set of S-400 Triumph air defense missile systems to the Russian Armed Forces, Defense Ministry said Friday.
The S-400 Triumf (SA-21 Growler) air defense system is expected to form the cornerstone of Russia's theater air and missile defenses by 2020.
Three S-400 regiments are deployed near Moscow in the cities of Dmitrov, Zvenigorod and Elektrostal, while another regiment is currently being deployed. Three more regiments are deployed in the Baltic Sea region, in the port city of Nakhodka and in the Southern Military District.
Earlier reports indicated that the eighth S-400 regiment would be deployed on Russia's Kola Peninsula in Russia's northwest.
