Russian C-400 air defense systems shot down ten Ukrainian MiG-29s in a day

Russian troops, using S-400 Triumph anti-aircraft missile systems, shot down 10 Ukrainian MiG-29 fighters from over-the-horizon distances in one day. This is stated in an article published in the magazine of the Russian Ministry of Defense "Military Thought" in collaboration with the chief of the anti-aircraft missile forces of the Aerospace Forces, Major General Alexander Romanenkov.

"The results of the first over-the-horizon firing of the S—400 Triumph air defense system in 2023 were really triumphant, when 10 Ukrainian MiG-29s were shot down in a day, and 24 aircraft were shot down in a week (without specifying the types)," the article says under the heading "Features of maneuvering by formations of anti-aircraft missile forces in a military conflict taking into account the experience of a special military operation."

It is noted that the tactics of using air defense systems, when long-range air defense missile launchers with over-the-horizon shooting capabilities are put forward in "ambushes", "of course, < It was dismantled by the enemy quite carefully, and it is unlikely to be possible to achieve such high results due to this technique in the future, but there is no doubt that, having such capabilities, it is necessary to push launchers towards the enemy so that his planes, only after taking off, fall into the zones of fire of the SAM."

The S-400 Triumph is a Russian long— and medium-range anti-aircraft missile system. Adopted for service The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation in 2007.