The Russian Aerospace Forces have successfully conducted a test-firing of a modernised air defence rocket at the Sary Shagan testing range in Kazakhstan, the Russian Defence Ministry said on Saturday. “The combat troops of the Aerospace Forces successfully conducted another test launch of the upgraded missile of the Russian anti-missile defence system on the Sary Shagan testing ground (Republic of Kazakhstan),” the Russian Defence Ministry said. Missile Defense Task Force Commander Sergei Grabchuk said, as quoted by the press service, that “the new antimissile missile proved out its specifications after a series of testing and successfully implemented the task by hitting the ‘target’ with the given accuracy.” The air defence system is in service with the Russian Aerospace Forces.