As [...] the TASS news agency reported on July 29, 2021, The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has signed a contract with Almaz-Antey Concern for the supply of the first batch of S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems (SAMS). This was reported to TASS by a source in the military-industrial complex.
Self-propelled launcher 55P6 on a wheeled chassis BAZ-6909.60 (10x10) of the promising S-500 (55R6M) anti-aircraft missile system, created by JSC "Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey", during test firing at the 4th State Central interspecific range of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (Kapustin Yar), Astrakhan region, July 2021 (c) a frame from the video of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation
"The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation has signed a contract with the Almaz-Antey concern for the supply of more than 10 Prometheus systems to the Aerospace Forces (VKS). Serial deliveries will begin in the first half of 2022, " he said on the sidelines of the MAKS-2021 air show, which was held from July 20 to 25 in Zhukovsky.
According to the agency's interlocutor, currently "state tests of the S-500 air defense system are continuing at one of the landfills in the south of Russia." It is assumed that they will be completed at the end of 2021.
The interlocutor noted that Prometheus is capable of destroying all existing and potential means of aerospace attack, including the combat blocks of intercontinental ballistic missiles at altitudes up to 200 km and at a range of up to 500 km.
The source noted that the ground-based version of the S-500 air defense system is currently undergoing state tests. "If necessary, it can become a ship," he added.
TASS does not have official information on this subject from the developer of the system of the East Kazakhstan Region concern Almaz-Antey.
On July 20, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported that the S-500 performed test live firing on a high-speed ballistic target at the Kapustin Yar training ground. It was noted that the tests confirmed the specified tactical and technical characteristics and high reliability of Russian air defense military equipment.
