789th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment

789-й зенитно-ракетный полк

Military Unit: 92881

Activated 1953 in Vvedenskoye (Klin-7), Moscow Oblast - initially as the 1978th Anti-Aircraft Artillery Regiment for Special Use and from 1955 as the 789th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment for Special Use.

1953 to 1983 equipped with 60 S-25 (SA-1) launchers:

• Launch area: 56 15 35N, 36 38 02E (US designation: Moscow SAM site E32-1)
• Support area: 56 15 44N, 36 39 26E
• Guidance area: 56 14 40N, 36 39 40E

In 1963 a S-125 (SA-3) battalion was added to the regiment - 56 07 24N, 36 31 30E (Moscow SAM site E32-3)

1983 converted to the S-300PT (SA-10) with three independent battalions:

• 1st independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Narynka (Klin-10), Moscow Oblast) - 56 07 58N, 36 29 49E
• 2nd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion and HQ (Vvedenskoye (Klin-7), Moscow Oblast) - 56 15 16N, 36 38 25E
• 3rd independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion (Borozda (Klin-9), Moscow Oblast) - 56 19 59N, 36 47 59E

Disbanded 1994, and was absorbed by an independent Anti-Aircraft Missile Battalion of the 17th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment.

Subordination:

• 10th Special Air Defence Corps, 1953 - 1.6.88
• 88th Air Defence Division, 1.6.88 - 1994