Moscow. November 8th. INTERFAX - Long-term contracts for the supply of S-400 air defense systems to the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation and the start of deliveries of new-generation S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems were considered in Sochi at meetings held by Russian President Vladimir Putin, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in an interview with the host of the Moscow program. The Kremlin. Putin" to Pavel Zarubin (Rossiya-1 TV channel, VGTRK).
"In this series of meetings, it was about equipping the Navy and Aerospace Forces. With regard to the topic of the VKS, according to the head of the military department, long-term contracts (for) S-400 and the timing of the start of delivery of the S-500 air defense system were considered at the meeting," the official newspaper of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation Krasnaya Zvezda quotes the interview.
"In addition, it was about long-term contracts for the supply of high-precision Kalibr missile systems for the submarine and surface fleet. A long-term contract for the Zircon has already been signed, this is a hypersonic weapon," Shoigu said. He said that at the meetings in Sochi, naval aviation and equipping the Russian Navy with modern technology were discussed.
Putin held a series of meetings with the military last week.
S-400 "Triumph" is a long-range air defense system (JSC "Concern of East Kazakhstan Region "Almaz-Antey"). It is in service with the Aerospace Forces of the Russian Federation and is exported.
On August 23, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told Interfax that the new-generation S-500 air defense system is being mass-produced. On July 20, at the MAKS air show, Borisov announced that serial deliveries of the S-500 Prometheus to the Russian military would begin this year. On the same day, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation reported on the successful firing of the S-500 and for the first time published footage of tests of this system.
The Defense Ministry then said that 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.
Earlier, the commander-in-chief of the Aerospace Forces, Sergei Surovikin, said that the S-500 will be able to destroy satellites and hypersonic weapons of all modifications in near space.
Kalibr is a family of Russian cruise missiles, which are equipped with modern Russian surface ships and submarines.
The Zircon is a new Russian hypersonic missile. The Russian military announced successful tests of the Zircon from a submarine and a frigate of the Northern Fleet.
On August 24, at the Army-2021 forum, the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation announced the signing of a contract for the supply of new hypersonic naval missiles "Zircon" (Tactical Missile Armament Corporation, KTRV).
In February 2019, in a message to the Federal Assembly, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that the Zircon missile would be capable of hitting ground and surface targets at a range of over 1,000 kilometers at a speed of about Mach 9 (Mach is the speed of sound).
