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Deputy Prime Minister Borisov: the Russian army began to receive S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems
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MOSCOW, September 16 / Radio Sputnik. State tests of the newest anti-aircraft missile system (SAM) S-500 have been completed, its deliveries to the troops have begun, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov told reporters at the Tyumen Oil and Gas Forum , RIA Novosti reports .
He stressed that in order to start exporting systems, the permission of the President of the country and the availability of relevant applications from foreign partners will be required.
Missile systems supplied to other states will differ from those used by the Russian army. According to the Deputy Prime Minister, this is a common practice - the characteristics of exported weapons "should not exceed domestic ones."
Answering a question from journalists about the first potential buyer of S-500 systems, Borisov noted close cooperation between Russia and India . "India is the largest exporter of Russian arms. And we sometimes sell to India what we do not sell to other countries, because we have no political or territorial claims among ourselves. Or conflict situations," the official said.
He recalled that India has established licensed production of Russian T-90 tanks and Su-30MKI aircraft .
“Apart from the simple sale of weapons, we also share technologies with India,” Borisov added.
State tests of the S-500 began last year. Then the Deputy Minister of Defense of the Russian Federation Alexei Krivoruchko said that the military expects to receive the first air defense systems in 2021, and serial delivery will begin in another four years.
The S-500 Prometheus is a new generation of long-range surface-to-air anti-aircraft missile systems and high-altitude interception. The complexes are capable of intercepting not only ballistic missiles, but also cruise missiles, as well as other air targets.
The S-500 complex is capable of simultaneously detecting and destroying up to ten supersonic targets moving at speeds up to seven kilometers per hour. The radius of destruction of the missile system is about 600 kilometers.
Earlier, radio Sputnik reported on the supply of what weapons Russia and Belarus had agreed on .
And from the short audio clip below you will find out why the S-300 and S-500 air defense systems instill fear in NATO .
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