S-500 missile system ("beyond the imagination")
S-500 missile system ("beyond the imagination") Place of origin : Russia Designer : Almaz - Antey Operational range : 600 km (370 mile) Produced : 2014 - present In service : 2025 (planned) Russia's newest S-500 Prometheus mobile air and space defense complex is expected to enter service this year (2020).The Defense Ministry is allegedly planning to order five S-500 complexes capable of intercepting ballistic and hypersonic missiles. The long-range high intercept S-500 complex with extended ballistic missile defense capabilities is planned to enter operational readiness in 2016. The S-500 will be capable of simultaneously engaging up to 10 targets traveling at speeds of up to seven kilometers per second, which is an approximate speed of intercontinental ballistic missile nuclear warheads entering the atmosphere.The killing range of the complex is reported to be 600 kilometers, while the altitude of a target engaged c...