S-500 Prometey [Prometheus] 55R6M Triumfator-M - Program
The S-500 manufactured by the Almaz-Antey VKO concern is designed to destroy all existing and prospective means of aerospace attack of a potential enemy in the entire range of altitudes and speeds. It is planned that the S-500 will replace the S-400 Triumph air defense system.
S-500 Prometey is a new-generation anti-aircraft missile system being developed by the Almaz-Antey Air Defense Concern, with which VTB Bank links many years of cooperation. The Russian newspaper Vzglyad reported that on 27 July 2016, a report by the scientific development and production center Almaz made it known that the Defense Ministry had decided to develop two new anti-aircraft missile systems (AAMS) – medium and long-range, on the basis of the S-400 Triumf missile system. On 15 April 2016, the chief of air defense, Russian Aerospace Forces Deputy Commander-in-Chief Viktor Gumenny said that Russian troops expect the appearance of the first sets of S-500 anti-aircraft missile systems (AAMS) in the near future, according to Vzglyad.
In the Air and Space Forces of Russia, the timing of the receipt of the S-500 "Prometheus" anti-aircraft missile systems was put into service. According to Lieutenant-General Viktor Humenny, deputy head of the VKS, this will happen closer to 2020. According to the initial plans, it was initially expected that the complex would be put into service in 2016. Development of the complex has been going on since 2011.
In 2010, the TTX [tactical and technical characteristics ] were approved for anti-aircraft missile systems as Morphei (short range), Vityaz (medium range) and S-500 (long-range). The Expert Council of the Air and Space Defense (EKO) sharply criticized the developers of weapons in the interests of air defense and missile defense of Russia. "Until now, in violation of the deadlines approved by the Military Industrial Commission in 2010, the Almaz-Antey GSKB has not completed the state testing of any of the necessary anti-aircraft guided missiles," said the chairman of the presidium of the expert council of the East Kazakhstan region Igor Ashurbeyli 28 February 2014.
The Almaz-Antei Air Defense Concern would conduct all types of tests of the S-500 complex in 2014-2015. Preparatory work was being done to ensure the serial production of the S-500, since the technology is complex and requires the use of completely new technologies. This was reported to the President of Russia Vladimir Putin at a meeting 28 November 2013 on the development of the aerospace defense system by the chief designer of the concern Pavel Sozinov. "The complex of works on the system of the fifth generation of the S-500 is coming to an end. We are going to the finish line 2014-2015 will be devoted to virtually all types of tests of this system with subsequent adoption of weapons and the deployment of mass production," said Sozinov. He added that preparatory work is now already underway to ensure the serial production of the S-500, since the technology is very complex and requires the use of completely new technologies.
Successful tests of a long-range antimissile system have been successfully conducted in Russia, which will be included in the S-500 advanced anti-aircraft missile system (SAM). This was reported by ITAR-TASS 07 July 2012 by a source in the defense-industrial complex. "The tests were conducted in the last days of June, and all the goals and tasks set within the framework of the event were fully met," the source said.
The first prototype of the newest S-500 air defense missile system will be ready by 2020, Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia Yury Borisov told reporters. His words are cited by RIA Novosti 19 February 2017. Borisov noted that work on this system is going according to plan.
The air and space forces will soon adopt a promising S-500 anti-aircraft missile system, Colonel-General Viktor Bondarev, Commander-in-Chief of the VCS, told reporters 08 April 2017. "We receive five sets of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems each year, new radar systems - these rates suit us, we are developing further, we are not standing still with the industry, the newest S-500 complex is being developed at an accelerated pace, and in the near future it will be delivered to the armament of air defense troops, "the commander-in-chief said. Earlier, the head of the Military Academy of Air and Space Defense named after Zhukov, Lieutenant-General Vladimir Lyaporov said that the Armed Forces had already begun to train specialists for work at the S-500.
Pavel Sozinov, General Designer of the Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Concern, revealed some details of the combat capabilities of the advanced Russian S-500 surface-to-air missile system. According to him, the new SAM can effectively hit targets at altitudes of up to 100 kilometers. This is what Sozinov told the National Defense magazine on 24 April 2017. "We made a forecast for the development of air and space attack means for the next 25 years," explained the general designer. "Our system must be able to deal with those goals that are not yet available, but they may appear." This is an interception in the non-dense layers of the atmosphere, including number in the upper layers of the atmosphere a hundred kilometers from the earth. "
"It is obvious that the S-500 was conceived as a universal anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense complex capable of fighting the entire range of targets," said Igor Korotchenko, a military expert and a member of the Public Council at the Russian Defense Ministry, told RIA Novosti. , its missiles will be able to hit intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) blocks at the final stage of their flight trajectory, thus making the S-500 an effective means of strategic missile defense."
The fact that the new SAM will be focused mainly on intercepting ICBM combat blocks is also indicated by the fact that the second stage of its tests will be held in Kazakhstan, at the famous Sary-Shagan training ground. Here since the 60s of the last century, domestic missile defense systems have been tested. In particular, the complex A-135, covering Moscow from a missile strike, was first tested on Sary-Shagan. According to Pavel Sozinov, at this range the C-500 operators will work out interception of high-altitude targets in conditions close to combat ones.
The contract for the supply of transport-charging vehicles for the new Russian air defense system S-500 Prometey can be signed in 2018, Igor Nasenkov, the general director of the holding Technodinamics, told journalists on 18 December 2017 at the opening of the company's demonstration center. "The situation with the S-500 is as follows: I think that in the near future a contract will be signed with our Start company (Ekaterinburg) for transport vehicles, loading and sailing systems," he said, affirmatively responding to a clarifying question whether this agreement was signed in 2018.
The personnel of the all-high-altitude radar detector "Yenisei" from the set of the prospective air defense system S-500 "Prometheus" got into the news release "Vesti-Astrakhan" on the TV channel "Russia-1" 04/03/2018. The video talks about the demonstration exercises of the Russian Air Force: the Ashuluk firing range was operated by high-altitude interceptors MiG-31BM, light MiG-29 fighters, Pantsir, S-300 and S-400 anti-aircraft missiles. The military from Byelorussia observed the situation. The journalist who attended the exercises drew the attention of spectators to the work of the all-high-altitude radar detector "Yenisei".
According to the plans of the Ministry of Defense of Russia, over time the S-500 complexes will form the basis of the Russian anti-aircraft and anti-missile defense system; they, unlike already created systems, will use the anti-aircraft and anti-missile parts. The latter will be unified with the missile defense system of Moscow A-135 "Amur", and hence, with the prospective A-235 Samolyot-M ["Aircraft-M"].
Russia plans to purchase 10 S-500 battalions. Divisions completely mobile, launchers and other equipment are located on large wheeled conveyors. PU, for example, are placed on powerful trucks with a wheel formula of 10x10. In this case, it is especially important that the developers of the system exclude as much as possible the intervention of the human operator at all stages of detection, pre-launch work and during the guidance phase. This implies the highest level of automation within this system. It is assumed that the S-500 complex will retain the structure that the S-400 has. That is, one division will include a combat command post, a radar for early detection, an all-high-altitude radar, a control radar, a mobile antenna tower and 8-12 launchers. In total from 12 to 17 vehicles.
Russia said 20 July 2021 it had successfully test-fired its new S-500 air defence missile systems at a southern training range and hit a high-speed ballistic target. With a maximum range of 600 km, the latest missile weapon system carried out live-fire exercises to hit a high-speed ballistic target at Kapustin Yar training ground. "At the Kapustin Yar training ground the latest S-500 air defence missile weapon system carried out live fire exercises to hit a high-speed ballistic target," the defence ministry said in a statement. "The target was hit," the statement added. Video footage of the test was released by the defence ministry for the first time.
Its development is years behind schedule. The military had previously said the army would begin receiving the first S-500 systems in 2020. In April, the maker of the systems, Almaz-Anty, said that work on the S-500 was nearing completion. After tests are completed the first S-500 system – also known as Prometheus and the Triumfator-M – will be sent to an air defence unit outside Moscow, the defence ministry said.
By mid-2021 the Russian defence sector has indicated that as far as the production of S-500s goes, it will focus first on the needs of the Russian military. The first system is expected to be delivered before the end of 2021 and introduced into service in 2022, with mass production set to start in 2025. Four of the first tens sets of the system will be deployed around Moscow, with five more sets to be stationed across the country’s five military districts, and another placed in reserve for mobile deployment.
Experts suggest the export of S-500 will begin only when the Russian forces have been fully equipped with the S-500 air defense systems. That process will take 7-8 years and only in 2028 India, China and Turkey will be able to sign S-500 contracts with Russia. Russia’s Defense ministry doesn’t reveal how exactly the ‘Russian' and the ‘foreign’ S-500 versions will vary.
'The export models differ from those in the Russian army, in particular, they do not use technologies that are state secrets, and in addition, a number of functions will be reduced. In other words, our engineers will protect their latest developments, and even if a buyer takes apart our S-500 to the screws, he will not see anything breakthrough for himself’, told Russia Beyond Vitaly Mankevich, president of the Russian-Asian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs.
Maxim Starchak, the research fellow of the Center for International and Defense Policy at University of Queens, expressed the same opinion, saying that we can assume that the export version will have a reduced radar range probably by a couple of hundred kilometers. 'The Russian military will probably want its planes to stay invisible on the radars of the export version of the S-500. There will also be other differences between the ‘Russian' and the ‘foreign' versions, but that will be discussed by the Russian Ministry of Defense and our foreign partners’, told Starchak.
S-500 Prometheus, developed by the Almaz-Antey concern, has been put into mass production and will be delivered to the troops within the time frame established by the state defense order. This was announced 25 April 2022 by the CEO of the company Yan Novikov. "Currently, serial production of the S-500 system has been organized using the latest achievements of domestic science and technology. The combat capabilities of this system significantly exceed the capabilities of previously created air defense systems and air defense systems. The S-500 is capable of becoming the basis of the Russian air defense system. It will be delivered to the troops on time determined by the state defense order," Novikov said in an interview with the National Defense magazine on the occasion of the 20th anniversary of the company's establishment. Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Yuri Borisov said on September 16, 2021 that the S-500 system began to be delivered to the Russian troops after the completion of state tests. Earlier in July 2021, the Russian Ministry of Defense announced that the latest S-500 air defense system had performed live test firing at the Kapustin Yar training ground. It was noted that the tests confirmed the given performance characteristics.
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