The arrival of the “S-500 super missile system” in the Russian army

According to Fars News Agency, the Ministry of Defense of Russia and the Almaz-Anti company signed a contract for the delivery of the latest S-500 air defense systems to the Russian forces in a ceremony held on Tuesday at the International Military-Technical Forum of the Russian Army. they did

According to the news agencyDiceIn this ceremony, it was announced that a government contract was signed for the delivery of the S-500 long-range surface-to-air missile system. This contract was signed by Deputy Minister of Defense Alexey Krivochko and Deputy Director of Almaz-Anti Company Vitaly Nekhrodov.

The S-500 is designed to destroy all existing and future airborne assault weapons at all altitudes and speeds. Military experts have called this missile system “America’s nightmare”.

The S-500 is a weapon that Moscow hopes will strengthen its defense power and become its best-selling export product. The S-500 is described as a space defense system and can intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles, hypersonic cruise missiles and aircraft.

Russia began testing this system last year, and the Russian military has announced that the first S-500 will be deployed around Moscow.

It is said that this system is superior to the S-400 in terms of speed and power, and its operational range is 600 km, and it operates three to four seconds faster than the S-400 system. S-500 missiles are capable of intercepting cruise and intercontinental ballistic missiles at speeds exceeding Mach 5. Almaz Anti, the manufacturer of this system, claims that the S-500 can target satellites below the Earth’s orbit.

The manager of Almaz Anti said that the S-500 will deal a blow to the American military prestige and will disable all American offensive weapons and bypass all layers of American air and missile defense.

“Sergei Babakov, commander of the missile defense forces of the Russian Aerospace Forces, said in an interview with the newspaper “Krasnaya Zuzda” belonging to the Ministry of Defense of Russia: “Currently, a number of tests have been conducted with combat launches. The guided missiles of this system successfully hit air targets.

The current type of this system is surface-oriented and if necessary, it can also be used for the Navy. The naval version of the S-500 can have the same development pattern as the S-300 and S-400.

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