Production of anti-aircraft missile systems S-500 and S-400 on a truck chassis already started at the Nizhny Novgorod machine-building plant. This was reported by Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin in an interview with the newspaper Kommersant, published on Monday.

"By decision of Vladimir Putin, the concern "Almaz-Antey" has built two plants in Kirov and Nizhny Novgorod. So, at the Kirov machine-building enterprise design capacity for the production alone of promising anti-aircraft missile systems – thousands of missiles a year. Nizhny Novgorod machine-building plant has already started production of the final systems like S-500 and S-400 on a truck chassis and semi-trailers on wheels", - said Rogozin.

S-500 will replace the S-400 complex. The system is created to allow operation within the next 25 years. Earlier, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu reported that shipments of new air defense missile systems to the troops will begin in 2020.

The construction "Of the plant 70 anniversary of the Victory" in Nizhny Novgorod and plant for the production of components for S-400 and S-500 in Kirov concern "Almaz-Antey" led with 2012.