New, promising S-500 air defense systems (anti-aircraft missile systems), the main feature of which is the ability to shoot down targets in space, will soon enter service with the Moscow aerospace defense complex. General Valery Ivanov, Commander of the Air Force's Operational-Strategic Command of Aerospace Defense, told reporters about this.
Valery Ivanov
“We are undergoing large-scale rearmament and arming with new equipment. The S-400 is already in the suburbs, we still receive (equipment) and continue to strengthen, - said the general. - Moreover, now the "shelling" of combat crews is in full swing in order to adopt the "Pantsir" system.
system "Armor"
The S-400 Triumph surface-to-air missile system was adopted but armed in 2007. In the same 2007, the first S-400 division, located in the Moscow region of Elektrostal, took up combat duty. After North Korea tested ballistic missiles, in 2009 it was decided to deploy the S-400 grouping in the Far East.
The S-400 Triumph air defense missile system is capable of destroying small cruise and operational-tactical missiles, aircraft made using the Stealth technology and ballistic missile warheads flying at a speed of 4, 8 km. per second, at a distance of 400 km.
About the S-500 air defense system, it is only known that the missiles of this complex will be able to hit targets flying at a speed of 5 to 7 km. per second, including in space. It is also known that the technical design of the S-500 has already been completed, tests are underway, which are planned to be completed by 2015.
