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Russia expects S-500 air defense system to enter service in 2021

Russian Aviaton » Wednesday December 30, 2020 13:31 MSK
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Russia plans to complete the trials of its state-of-the-art S-500 surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system and introduce it into service in 2021, Russian Deputy Defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said in an interview with the Krasnaya Zvezda newspaper published on Wednesday. This reported by TASS.

"Next year, it is planned to complete trials and introduce into service the S-500 missile system and the Voronezh radar that works in the meter range of wavelengths," Krivoruchko said.

Earlier, the official said that serial deliveries of S-500 are scheduled to begin in 2025.