Russia deploys most advanced S-400 missiles around Moscow (set to export in 2009)

Moscow, Aug 6 : Russia today deployed the most advanced S-400 air missile defence system, in the town of Elektrostal, about 50 km east of Moscow.

The ceremony in Elektrostal was attended by Russian Air Force coammander Col.-Gen. Alexander Zelin and Almaz Research and Production Association general director Igor Ashurbeili.

With the deployment of the first battalion, a division of S-400 Triumph and a command post will protect the air of Moscow and its region.

The units with S-400 (NATO version SA-21 Growler) and machinery arrived at the place of permanent dislocation in the Moscow region on July 24, straight from the training ground in the Astrakhan region.

The S-400 Triumph air defence missile system is designed to destroy aircraft made with the use of the Stealth technology, small cruise and tactical missiles, as well as warheads flying at a speed of up to 4.8 kilometres per second at a range of up to 400 kilometres (twice the range of the US MIM-104 Patriot) and is capable of replacing three S-300 systems.

''The corresponding military-technical base has been created in the body of troops that adopted the S-400 system for service and the personnel has been correspondingly trained,'' Air Force spokesman Col. Alexander Drobyshevsky told Itar-Tass today.

''It is planned to use the Triumph system in the interests of the missile defence and for shielding major industrial centres of Russia,'' Drobyshevsky said.

''The regiment personnel passed examinations and had a successful drill at the Defence Ministry’s training range on July 12-13,'' he said, adding the servicemen returned to their permanent location and started to prepare for the new mission.

Who does Moscow fear, and why? What message is Moscow trying to send, and why does it feel threatened? ==

Russia is one of countries which got invaded many times. After repelling the invasion she went there where the invasion came from and rooted it out. That is how she became so big. All her provinces it was one time the states who attacked her borders. She accualy never attack no one in first place but she always payed back her debts.

SO again in case of her security she trust no one. Because she saw in time that the yestoday friend became the enemy today. It means that any measure which disbalance the security balance makes her very suspicious and she will try everything possible to balance it again. The type of the balance is: “you may hurt me but I can hurt you back”.

You should understand. Russia isn’t fear no one but she is casious. What she does now are precasiousnesses to have her teeth long enough for any possible and imaginable threat. Russia believes into peace secured by her force. The best most spead and supported by people proverb of Russia is : “The best friends of Russia are her military forces. If you do not feed your military then you entitled to feed foreign”.

Secondly. Russia is the trully independent state. She were that way for centuries. So she can go with friends but can do it without them. She weren’t and isn’t no asskisser friend which you got a bunch lastest years. I mean those small*s of eastern Europe.

So Russia is Russia. The large euro-asian country who trust noone with her security and who goes her own way. Simply you do not provoke her and get into her way and everything will be fine.

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