The S-500 Prometheus is a mobile, ground-based surface-to-air missile system that Russia has been developing since 2010, shortly after it deployed its first batch of S-400 systems in 2007. It is designed to counter aircraft as well as ballistic and cruise missiles, and it is reportedly able to target satellites in low orbit. Almaz-Antei oversees its design and development. Its interceptors reportedly include the 40N6M, used against aircraft and cruise missiles with a range of about 400 km, and the 77N6 series for ballistic missiles or satellites, said to reach 500 to 600 km. Each battery has four radar vehicles. The programme has suffered repeated delays, with serial production pushed from 2014 to 2017, then 2021 and then 2025, and in May 2018 a test reportedly struck a target nearly 482 km away. The source for this entry is the Center for Strategic and International Studies, whose page was last updated in July 2021 and then listed the system as in development.
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Source S-500 missile system (Wikipedia)
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1. S-500 Prometheus (source article)
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Class Surface-to-Air (SAM)
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Status In Development
Operated By: Russian Armed Forces, At a Glance box [operated-by]
Possessed by Russia
View the Source2. S-500 missile system (Wikipedia)
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The first S-500 prototype went on combat duty in Moscow on 13 October 2021.
In Group: Surface-to-Air and Air Defense Missiles, Lead sentence
surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system
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