MOSCOW, February 7. /TASS/. Russian air defenses have become more effective in combating Western missiles, a senior defense official said.
Russian General Staff Deputy Chief Colonel General Vasily Trushin, who also serves as Russian Military Scientific Committee Chairman, said that "thanks to the work of Russian scientists and engineers, a significant breakthrough in the effectiveness of high-precision means of defeat was achieved, which today, despite the active use of enemy electronic warfare means, is no less than 90%."
"Another striking example was the research that allowed our air defenses to more effectively resist Western missiles like Storm Shadow and ATACMS, as well as to shoot down enemy drones in a wider range of altitudes and speeds," he said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper.