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Russia conducts 1st military training shooting from Pantsir-S1 in Far East

Xinhua, August 1, 2016 Adjust font size:

Russia's Pacific Fleet conducted the first military training shooting from the latest anti-aircraft artillery weapon system Pantsir-S1 in the Far Eastern Kamchatka Peninsula, the TASS news agency reported Monday.

The Pantsir-S1 entered service in 2016 and is expected to take on combat duty as soon as possible, the Pacific Fleet's spokesman Vladimir Matveyev said.

During the training, the missile battalion soldiers made a march of 50 kilometers and shot from rocket-gun at small air targets moving with different speeds and at different altitudes.

The Pantsir-S1 is a short range air defense system designed to protect strategic military and civil point targets. The system is capable of engaging a wide variety of aerial targets, such as aircraft, helicopters, ballistic and cruise missiles and guided bombs. Endi