8 Dec 2014 12:28

Five S-400 regiments, 20 Pantsir-S battalions to reinforce Russian aerospace defense by 2020

MOSCOW. Dec 8 (Interfax-AVN) - At least five S-400 air defense missile regiments and over 20 Pantsir-S air defense artillery and missile battalions will be formed within the Russian Aerospace Defense Forces by 2020, Russian Air Force Commander Col. Gen. Viktor Bondarev said.

"By 2020, 70% Russian air defense missile forces will have been rearmed with prospective hardware," he said at a military history conference dedicated to the centenary of the air defense troops.