During the exercise, three S-400 missiles successfully shot down three targets, TASS news agency reported, citing a military-diplomatic source.
On Thursday, Turkey issued notices restricting air space (NOTAM) to a height of 200,000 feet and waters off its Black Sea coast to allow the S-400 firing tests, a week after the missile systems were seen being transported to the area, while it had previously carried out radar tests.
Ankara inked the deal with Moscow in 2017, making Turkey the first NATO country to acquire these systems from Russia, and the delivery of the first parts of the S-400 started in 2019, despite strong opposition by the US. Washington had initially proposed that Ankara buys the US-made Patriot missile defence system instead, however it eventually suspended the country from its F-35 fighter jet program.
