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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

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Mon Dec 3, 2018, 12:50 AM Dec 2018

Russia deploys S-400 surface-to-air missile battery in Crimea, seen in new satellite images

Satellite images shot Sunday and exclusively obtained by Fox News show a newly deployed Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile battery in the Dzhankoy airbase in Crimea, almost 19 miles from the Russia-Ukraine border.

The intelligence report by ImageSat International indicates that the infrastructure for the S-400 battery was prepared in recent months, a long time before last weekend's naval encounters that sparked new tension between Russia and Ukraine.

The images showed a bare ground in April 2018, and construction by November 10 – two weeks before the recent escalation.

The image captured Sunday confirms the deployment. The eight launchers of the S-400 battery are divided into four, which are located in the southwest area of the airbase -- as well as two radar systems and several trucks nearby. One of them is suspected to carry S-400 missiles.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/russia-deploys-s-400-surface-to-air-missile-battery-in-crimea-seen-in-new-satellite-images/ar-BBQnRej?li=BBnb7Kz

Maybe they'll shoot another airliner down.

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