The main differences between the S-550 anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) from previous models of such systems are the "missile range with the ability to intercept any targets" and a longer detection range. This was announced on Monday, November 15, by the head of Rostec Sergey Chemezov at the Dubai Airshow International Airshow, which started on November 14.
"This is a work that never stops and will continue to be carried out in order to increase both the detection range and the range of the missile with the ability to intercept any targets. That's what the work on the S-550 is aimed at. We have not yet presented it abroad for export," Chemezov said.
On the same day, it became known that the first S-550 system will be put into service in the Russian army until 2025. According to a TASS source, the S-550 has already been created in hardware. He clarified that the supply of missile defense is provided for under the state armament program until 2027.
Initially, the army will be supplied with a brigade set of S-550, the agency interlocutor said.
It was noted that the S-550 was developed on the basis of the S-500 complex. On September 16, Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov reported on the receipt of S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile systems in the Russian Armed Forces after state tests.
The S-500 Prometheus (ROC Triumfator-M) is a long-range and high-altitude interception complex with a high missile defense potential capable of intercepting ballistic missiles. The system strikes not only ballistic, but also aerodynamic targets and cruise missiles within a radius of about 600 km.
