Russia will complete test “Prometheus”

In 2021, the objects of the Ministry of Defense will be completed testing of the Prometheus perimeter protection system, which includes remotely controlled combat modules with a large-caliber machine gun, TASS reported TASS General Director of the Electromashchika Igor Afanasyev.

“Tests of the stationary system” Prometheus “will be completed in the current year. This is the final stage of tests at the objects of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation. At the moment there is pre-attachment work, that is, some things that will be laid in the contract, already work out,” – said the head.

According to him, the contract with the customer for the production of these systems is planned to conclude in 2022, to start deliveries – in 2023.

About the creation of “Prometheus” Afanasyev reported in September.

In the same month, the American edition of Stars and Stripes stated that the killer robots were tested during the exercises “West-2021” concern in Western countries, since they are a “step forward” in the creation of a Russian unmanned army. The publications have noted such Russian landless drones as “uranium-9”, equipped with a 30-millimeter automatic cannon, machine gun, anti-tank missiles and flamethrower, and “noner”, shelling targets from machine gun and grenade launcher.

/Media reports.