The next tests of the S-500 Prometheus anti-aircraft missile system have been conducted in the Arctic, RIA Novosti writes. On the air of Sputnik radio, Director of the Center for Military and Political Studies MGIMO Alexey Podberezkin told why the ZRS is being tested in this region.
The S-500 anti-aircraft missile system was tested in the Russian Arctic, the launch of a long-range missile was carried out on a hypersonic target, the target was successfully hit, an informed source told RIA Novosti.
The S-500 Prometheus air defense system is a universal long-range and high-altitude interception complex with an increased missile defense potential. Its radius of destruction is about 600 kilometers.
On Sputnik radio, the director of the MGIMO Center for Military and Political Studies, Doctor of Historical Sciences Alexey Podberezkin explained why the S-500 tests are taking place in the Arctic.
After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the unified radar field from the North disappeared altogether, and it had to be created anew, the expert continued
