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Units of the newly formed air defence missile brigade of the Southern MD conducted first missile launches with Buk-M2

Russian Aviaton » Wednesday November 9, 2016 17:23 MSK

Units of the air defence missile brigade of the 49th combined-arms army of the Southern MD, which had been formed in December 2015, have successfully performed missile launches with Buk-M2 air defence complexes at the Kapustin Yar range (Astrakhan Region).

In course of the field training, the crews performed about 20 missile launches. All targets, which had been imitating aviation attacks of the simulated enemy, have been engaged.

In total, the servicemen attended more than 30 exercises on tracking aerial vehicles and combat firing.