S-400 Triumf, previously known as the S-300 PMU-3, is a mobile, surface-to-air missile (SAM) system developed in the 1990s by Russia's Almaz Central Design Bureau for Marine Engineering as an upgrade to the S-300 family.
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11 Facts About S-400 Triumf
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Development of the S-400 Triumf system began in the late 1980s and was announced by the Russian Air Force in January 1993.
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On 12 February 1999 successful tests were reported at Kapustin Yar in Astrakhan, and the S-400 Triumf was scheduled for deployment by the Russian army in 2001.
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On 6 August 2007 the first regiment equipped with S-400 Triumf systems entered active service in Moscow Oblast near Elektrostal, according to Channel One Russia.
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On 26 August 2009 the General Staff said S-400 Triumf systems had been deployed in the Russian Far East to counter possible North Korean missile tests and prevent fragments from falling onto Russian territory.
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One S-400 Triumf divizion is deployed on combat duty in the Russian far east city of Nakhodka.
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On 1 March 2016 the acting commander of the 14th Air Force and Air Defense Army, major general Vladimir Korytkov, said that six S-400 Triumf units had been activated at the air defense formation in Russia's Novosibirsk Oblast.
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The first S-400 Triumf unit was activated at the Khmeimim Air Base in Latakia Governorate.
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Acquisition of S-400 Triumf, reported to initially consist of six batteries, improves China's air space defense.
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Area-denial anti-access bubble created by Iskander-M and S-400 Triumf systems deployed at Russia's Khmeimim airbase in Syria.
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