In Rostec, the dates for the start of serial production of S-500 air defense systems were announced
According to Chemezov, the new S-500 air defense systems will begin to be mass-produced in the second half of the 2020 year and it will begin to be used by air defense units. He also noted that in the next five years the latest complex will not be exported until the Russian army is adequately provided for them. Another reason for the refusal of export supplies of C-500 is that so far the S-400 air defense system is in great demand, for the supply of which a certain queue has formed. Moreover, some C-400 elements are planned to be produced in Turkey and India.
- he told reporters, answering a question about the timing of serial production of C-500 and plans for its delivery for export.
C-500 - a new generation of air-to-air systems "ground-to-air" - a universal complex of long-range and high-altitude interception with increased missile defense potential. The system, which is being developed by JSC Concern East Kazakhstan Almaz-Antey, will become the basis of a unified national air defense and missile defense system (air defense-missile defense), created in Russia. The complex is easily integrated into a single system with previous-generation air defense systems and other models of Russian production.
In the spring of this year, the end of the testing range of the radar complex (RLC) and the multifunctional radar station (radar) of the C-500 complex were reported. According to available information, the minimum set of equipment for the S-500 Prometheus will consist of a combat control station with an automatic control system (ACS), a radar complex, a multi-function radar "backlight" and up to 12 anti-aircraft missile launchers based on BAZ or MZKT tractors.
Earlier it was reported that the C-500 system completes the state test cycle and from the year 2020 will begin to enter the troops.
- Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
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