New complexes S-400 will cover capital and the major state objects of the Russian Federation

The Air Forces of Russia plan to cover with antiaircraft - rocket systems S-400 all important state objects of the country. Such application was made by the assistant to the commander-in-chief of the Air Forces of the Russian Federation general - colonel Anatoly Nogovitsin, informs АРМС-TASS.

" Deliveries of arms for the Air Forces in frameworks гособоронзаказа go according to plan. Priority value by way of delivery of antiaircraft - rocket system ZRS S-400 have central and industrial regions. It - capital and the important state industrial targets ", - has noted Nogovitsin.

According to the general, there is a special program of reequipment of the Air Forces of the Russian Federation and antiaircraft - rocket armies on ЗРС ж-400. " And according to this plan, we shall cover all objects, including new samples ", - the general has concluded.

Let's remind, that the last year the first antiaircraft - rocket the shelfs, equipped ЗРК ж-400, has taken up fighting watch in the situated near Moscow city of Elekrostal. In 2008 expansion of the second a shelf in Moscow suburbs and statement of the first ж-400 in system of air defence of Saint Petersburg is expected.

ж-400 Under the characteristics essentially surpass ж-300. Complex ж-400 is capable to intercept all modern means of an air attack, including undistinguished planes and БПЛА. It also can provide antimissile defense on a battlefield, intercepting ballistic missiles with range up to 3500 kilometers, flying with a speed no more than 4,8 kilometers a second.