Russia’s new S-550 air defense system, said to be capable of hitting high-altitude spacecraft and missiles, including hyper-sonic types, has passed trials and is already in service, TASS has reported.
The Moscow news agency described the S-550 as an absolutely new mobile strategic missile defense system, which is unparalleled anywhere in the world and capable of striking spacecraft, warheads of intercontinental ballistic missiles and hyper-sonic targets.
The S-550 air defense system has successfully completed state trials. Its first brigade has already been placed on combat duty. The arrival of this new hardware ensures that Russia possesses a multilayered air- and missile-defense architecture, according to the TASS source.
The country now boasts Pantsir anti-aircraft and cannon systems that cover low altitudes; the long-range air-defense systems S-350, S-400 and S-500; as well as the S-550, preventing threats from space.
The S-550 was developed in secrecy. Defense Minister Sergey Shoigu described the state-of-the-art air-defense system as being among the Russian military’s weapons of great importance during a panel chaired by President Vladimir Putin.
Sergey Chemizov, the head of the Rostec military-industrial conglomerate, later said that the S-550 will have a larger target-detection area and a longer missile range compared to its predecessors.
RT. com / ABC Flash Point News 2024.
Its first brigade has already been placed on combat duty.
Key points are 1–it can shoot down hypersonic missiles ( America hasn’t got a fully working and tested hypersonic missile ) even if it had Russia can shoot them down.
2–it can shoot down America,s “secret ” space attack missiles -aka “satellites ” .
Contrary to western media the S-550 is NOT a cut-down version of the S-500 , the USA military websites are full of speculation as the article says it was kept secret
Way to go fro security …… against the evolving and expanding horror show in Europe