Russia begins rollout of new S-500 air defense system – report

September 16, 2021

National Post:


Russia has completed tests of its new S-500 surface-to-air missile system and has started supplying it to the armed forces, the RIA news agency quoted deputy prime minister Yuri Borisov as saying on Thursday.

The S-500, a weapon Moscow hopes will beef up its own defenses and become an export best seller, has been described as a space defense system and can intercept intercontinental ballistic missiles, hypersonic cruise missiles and aircraft..


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