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S-400 missile system

First of Russia’s new S-550 air defense systems have entered combat service after clearing state trials.

"The S-550 air defense system has successfully completed state trials. The first S-550 brigade has entered combat duty," a source close to the Russian defense ministry was quoted as saying by government-owned TASS.
The source described the new system as "an absolutely new and unrivalled mobile system of strategic missile defense," capable of "hitting spacecraft, ballistic missile reentry vehicles and hypersonic targets at altitudes of tens of thousands of kilometers."

He added that he new system becomes a part of Russia's comprehensive missile and air defense, comprised by Pantsir systems (low-altitude), long-range S-350, S-400 and S-500 systems and S-550 (in space).
The S-550 reportedly features a longer-range target detection and missile interception capability. A source close to the Russian Defense Ministry told TASS earlier that the system was not an attempt to revive an eponymous Soviet-era project, although some unimplemented concepts of it were used while creating the modern version.

S-400 missile system

The Indian Air Force deployed the first squadron of Russia-made S-400 missile system in the Punjab sector, Indian media reported Monday.

"The first squadron is being deployed in the Punjab sector. The batteries of the first squadron would be capable of taking care of aerial threats from both Pakistan and China," government officials were quoted as saying by ANI news agency (https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/india-deploys-first-s-400-airdefence-system-in-punjab-sector-to-take-care-of-aerial-threats-from-both-chinapak20211220222321/).

Foreign secretary Harsh V Shringla announced earlier this month that Russia had started deliveries of the surface-to-air long-range missile system it placed an order for in October 2018 for $5.43 billion. His statement came soon after Russian President Vladimir Putin’s visit to India.
The second regiment of S-400 is expected to reach India by June 2022 next year.
The S-400 can counter rockets, missiles, fighter aircraft and even drone attacks. A regiment has 8 launchers each loaded with 4 missiles. That is, a regiment can fire 32 missiles at a time.

The command centre of this system tracks the aerial threat from a distance of 600 km and then destroys it in the range of 2 km to 400 km. This system can track 80 targets at a time and can destroy them when they come in range. If needed, it can be loaded on the truck and carried forward and even then, it becomes ready for attack in 10 to 15 minutes. When deployed, it becomes ready for retaliation within 3 minutes of receiving the signal. The radar of this system cannot be jammed.

In der Franzensfeste soll ein Landesmuseum für jüngere Südtirol-Geschichte entstehen

Die Festung Franzensfeste soll zu einem musealen Zentrum für die jüngere Geschichte werden. Die Landesregierung stimmte einem ersten Projekt zu.

Die Landesregierung dem Grobkonzept zur Errichtung eines neuen Landesmuseums für die jüngere Geschichte Südtirols in der Festung Franzensfeste zugestimmt. An dem Konzept hatten Experten aus den Bereichen Geschichte, Museen, Architektur und Denkmalpflege mitgearbeitet. Die Landesregierung gab grünes Licht für die Detailplanung mit dem Ziel, das neue Museum Ende 2025 zu eröffnen.

Museales Zentrum für die jüngere Geschichte Südtirols

"Die Franzensfeste soll zum musealen Zentrum für die jüngere Geschichte Südtirols werden, mit Blick auf die vergangenen 200 Jahre bis in die Gegenwart", erklärte der auch

für Museen zuständige Landeshauptmann Kompatscher. Dieser Zeitraum entspreche dem Alter der Franzensfeste, die in den 1830er Jahren erbaut worden ist. Der Fokus werde auf dem 20. Jahrhundert liegen und die wichtigsten historischen Ereignisse berücksichtigen, die sich auf die Entwicklung Südtirols ausgewirkt haben.

Sprache, Verbindung, Grenze(n) und Region als Ausstellungsschwerpunkte

Die neue Dauerausstellung wird 18 Räume und über tausend Quadratmeter Fläche in Ober- und Untergeschoss der beiden Gebäude in Anspruch nehmen. Dabei werde der Ausstellungsparcour, wie Ressortdirektor Ulrich Stofner erklärte, "eine thematische und chronologische Herangehensweise vorsehen". Die Ausstellung wird vier thematische Schwerpunkt haben, die chronologisch verortet werden, und zwar die Sprache, die Verbindung, die Grenze(n) und die Region.