Russia successfully test fires S-400 missiles

KAPUSTIN YAR, February 18 (Itar-Tass) -- The Russian military
successfully test fired the new air defense S-400 Triumph missiles at
Kapustin Yar range, Aerospace Defense Commander Valery Ivanov told
reporters on Thursday adding the first stage of the tests attacked a
hypersonic target flying at a speed of 550 meters per second.
"The fire by two squadrons destroyed the high-speed target and even
its fragments," he said adding "it was a simple target for us, but it was important to see that all automatic control cycles properly operate and we can fire at more difficult targets imitating a cruise missile."
Head of the air defense missile troops Sergei Popov said "live fire
results will be assessed by objective control means after which a decision will made about fire at another target."
"The first stage of the tests was successful. The target has been hit.
All equipment operated normally. Now we can get ready for the second
stage," he said.
The second stage will have to destroy Strizh cruise missile target and
Kaban operational-strategic ballistic missile