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MOSCOW, July 15 (UPI) -- A new regiment set of the Russian S-400 Triumf anti-aircraft missile system will be delivered to Crimea next month, the Russian Tass news agency reports. After initial live-firing exercises are completed, the system will make its way to the city of Feodosiya, Tass quoted 31st Air Defense Division Lt. Col. Yevgeny Oleinikov as saying on Friday.
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The S-400 surface-to-air array has been manufactured and delivered by Almaz-Antey Group under a state defense order for arming the 18th air defense missile regiment, Oleinikov said.
The Triumf, NATO reporting name SA-21 Growler, entered service in 2007 and is the country's newest long-range anti-aircraft missile system.
It can engage aircraft, cruise and ballistic missiles, including medium-range missiles.
The system can also be used on ground targets.
It has a range of about 240 miles and a maximum altitude of 18 miles.
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