From this year, the Russian ground air defense forces will receive the first arrays of anti-aircraft missiles S-500 in two configurations, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday.
He noted that 82% of ground-based air defense systems are of modern technology and will increase to 85% in the next two years. Along with the first S-500 guns, the delivery of S-400, S-300V4, Buk-M3 and Tor-M2U anti-aircraft missile guns continues.
The S-500 anti-aircraft system is manufactured by Almaz-Antey and claims to be able to engage warplanes and helicopters, long-range weapons and ballistic missiles, drones and hypersonic weapons, and even satellites, at a maximum range of 600 kilometers and an altitude of more than 100 kilometers.
Russia orders ten S-500 systems
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