The Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) have successfully tested a new missile of the Russian missile defense system (ABM). This was announced on Thursday, November 26, by TASS with reference to the Ministry of Defense.
The tests took place at the Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan. Lieutenant-General Andrey Demin, commander of the 1st Special-Purpose Anti-Aircraft and Anti-Ballistic Missile Army of the Russian Armed Forces, noted that the new missile “reliably confirmed the inherent characteristics, and the combat crews successfully completed the task, hitting the conditional target with the specified accuracy.
In April 2018, Russia successfully tested an upgraded PRS-1M Amur anti-missile system missile (NATO-classified ABM-3 Gorgon) at the Sary-Shagan training ground in eastern Kazakhstan, designed to protect Moscow from an aerospace attack and warn of missile attacks. and control of outer space.
