Russian Vice Commander Lt. Gen. Viktor Gumenny said that the missile had "successfully fulfilled its task by engaging the test target at the scheduled time".
"At 7:00 am, June 21, anti-missile and anti-aircraft forces of the Aerospace Forces together with industry representatives successfully test-fired a short-range antimissile system of the Russian missile shield at the Sary-Shagan testing ground," Sputnik cited the press release as saying.
Russia tests short-range antimissile system in Kazakhstan
21 June 2016
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A short-range antimissile system was successfully tested early Tuesday at a Central Asian testing range, the Russian Defense Ministry said.
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