Russian President Vladimir Putin announced the completion of the tests of the anti-aircraft missile complex (S-500 SprK). This is reported by TASS.
Putin revealed information about the successful end of the C-500 tests at the opening of a meeting with the leadership of the Ministry of Defense and the enterprises of the defense and industrial complex. “In the air-space forces, more than 70 percent of anti-aircraft missile regiments are re-equipped to modern S-400 systems. In line, delivery to the C-500 complex troops, the tests of which are already successfully completed,” the president noted.
Also, the head of state said that at the final stage of tests there is a ship hypersonic missile system “Zirkon”. At the meeting, the President noted that “the newest samples of weapons and military equipment comes into the army and on a fleet with high dynamics, the potential of the nuclear triad was seriously strengthened, the fighting opportunities of the navy”.
In conclusion, the President allocated the successes of the Russian defense industry. “The enterprises of the defense and industrial complex and the Ministry of Defense have established effective interaction on the supply and service of weapons and technology throughout their life cycle – from the development and mass production, to the service and repair,” Putin quotes TASS words.
C-500 (“Prometheus”) is a Russian anti-aircraft missile complex, developed as a new generation of zenith rocket systems. In the summer of 2020, the commander-in-chief of the air-space forces (VKS) of Russia, Colonel-General Sergey Surovikin said that the C-500 can be attributed to the first generation of anticosmic defense systems (pro).