“This year the armament of the anti-aircraft missile regiment stationed in Novaya Zemlya has entered and is already on combat duty with the S-400 air defense system. It is planned that in the coming years all our Arctic divisions will be equipped with similar complexes, and in fact an anti-air dome will be created over the Russian part of the Arctic, ”Interfax quoted the words of the commander of the Northern Fleet, Alexander Moiseev.

He noted that "the Arctic will be protected from any means of air attack by the enemy, whether it be aviation, cruise or ballistic missiles."

Earlier it was reported that the Northern Fleet motorized rifle brigade took on the pilot combat duty a division of the latest Tor-M2DT anti-aircraft missile systems.