The Russian S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) is one of the most modern air defense systems in the world and poses a special challenge to NATO. This is written by the portal 19FortyFive.
"The S-500 is a much more powerful air defense system than its predecessor, the S-400. The ability of such weapons to hit hypersonic missiles will be a new, special challenge for the alliance," the article says.
The portal explains that the new SAM is capable of hitting any existing and projected means of attack at any height and speed. At the same time, it is more resistant to electronic interference.
On July 20, the S-500 anti-aircraft missile system was successfully tested at the Kapustin Yar test site in Russia. Representatives of the Ministry of Defense showed a video from the shooting of "Prometheus" and stressed that the latest type of weapons successfully hit a ballistic target. The report also said that the Russian military managed to confirm the tactical and technical characteristics and high reliability of Russian air defense equipment. "After the completion of the full test cycle, the equipment plans provide for the delivery of the first S-500 system to the Air defense-missile defense association near Moscow," the representatives of the department concluded.
In 2020, the commander-in-chief of the Russian Aerospace Forces, Colonel-General Sergei Surovikin, said that Prometheus, which in the future is capable of destroying low-orbit satellites, can be attributed to the first generation of anti-space defense systems (PKO). "The main task of the complex is the destruction of medium-range ballistic missiles, and if necessary, the combat units of intercontinental ballistic missiles in the final section of their flight path, "the military said, adding that"the S-500 complex is capable of destroying hypersonic aircraft, aircraft and unmanned aerial vehicles."
Marina Sovina
