709th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

709-й зенитно-ракетный полк

Military Unit: 61999

Activated 1953 in Bessonovo, Moscow Oblast - initially as the 1962nd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment for Special Use and from 1955 as the 709th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment for Special Use.

1953 to 1984 equipped with 60 S-25 (SA-1) launchers:

• Launch area: 55 09 31N, 38 22 38E (US designation: Moscow SAM site E15-1)
• Support area: 55 10 21N, 38 22 42E
• Guidance area: 55 10 36N, 38 21 14E

In 1984 one battalion converted to the S-300PT (SA-10), and became part of the 635th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment. The rest of the regiment was transferred to Lyskovo, Moscow Oblast, where it began conversion to the S-300PS (SA-10) missile.

Operational 1985 with:

• 1st independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Tablovo, Moscow Oblast)
• 2nd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion and HQ (Lyskovo, Moscow Oblast)
• 3rd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Denkovo, Moscow Oblast)

All three battalions were co-located with S-300PT battalions of the 662nd and 650th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiments.

1998 reduced to a mobilisation (cadre) regiment - the personnel was demobilised, and the equipment withdrawn to a central storage base.

Disbanded 2009.

Subordination:

• 1st Special Air Defence Corps, 1953 - 1984
• 17th Special Air Defence Corps, 1984 - 1.6.88
• 89th Air Defence Division, 1.6.88 - 1.10.94
• 117th Air Defence Brigade, 1.10.94 - 1.10.95
• 89th Air Defence Division, 1.10.95 - 1.5.98
• 124th Air Defence Brigade, 1.5.98 - 1.6.01
• 37th Air Defence Division, 1.6.01 - 2009