Missile Defense Task
Force Commander said, that "the new antimissile missile proved out its
specifications after a series of testing and successfully implemented the task
by hitting the ‘target’".
MOSCOW, December 1.
/TASS/. The Russian military successfully carried out the launch of an upgraded
missile of a ballistic missile defense system at the Sary-Shagan Range in
Kazakhstan, the Russian Defense Ministry press service reported on Saturday.
"A combat unit
of the Air Defense and Missile Defense Forces of the Aerospace Force
successfully carried out another test launch of the advanced missile of the
Russian ballistic missile defense system," the report says.
Missile Defense Task
Force Commander Sergei Grabchuk said, as quoted by the press service, that
"the new antimissile missile proved out its specifications after a series
of testing and successfully implemented the task by hitting the ‘target’ with
the given accuracy."
In late August the
successful test launch of a new missile of the Russian missile defense was
reported. The test launches of the new missile were also carried out in
February, April and July 2018.
Source: ITAR-TASS
01-12-2018
