The personnel of the anti-aircraft missile regiment stationed in the Primorye Region struck hypersonic targets with S-400 systems during the drills at the Telemba training range in Buryatia, the press office of Russia’s Eastern Military District reported on Friday, EDNews reports citing TASS.
The anti-aircraft gunners also conducted fire from Pantsyr-S2 surface-to-air missile/gun systems during the drills, the press office said.
"During the live-fire exercise, over a dozen targets simulated by Armavir target missiles and Favorit smart hypersonic [target] missiles were destroyed. All the targets were hit," the press office said in a statement.
Before the start of the firings, the anti-aircraft gunners passed qualification tests to be admitted to the combat launches. Following the results of the drills, the regiment got the ‘excellent’ mark," the statement says.