S-500 (missile system)

The S-500 "Prometey (Прометей)" ("Prometheus") is a Russian surface-to-air missile system, currently under development by the Almaz-Antey Air Defence Concern. It is also known as 55R6M "Triumfator-M."[1]

Overview

The S-500 is a new generation surface-to-air missile system. It is designed for intercepting and destroying intercontinental ballistic missiles as well as hypersonic cruise missiles and aircraft[2][3] and for air defense against Airborne Early Warning and Control and jamming aircraft. With a planned range of 600 km (370 mi) for Anti Ballistic Missile (ABM) and 400 km (250 mi) for the air defense,[4] the S-500 would be able to detect and simultaneously engage up to 10 ballistic supersonic targets flying at a speed of 5 kilometres per second (3.1 mi/s; 18,000 km/h; 11,000 mph)[5][6] to a limit of 7 km/s (4.3 mi/s; 25,000 km/h; 16,000 mph).[7][8] It also aims at destroying hypersonic cruise missiles and other aerial targets at speeds of higher than Mach 5 and as well as spacecraft.[9] The altitude of a target engaged can be upto 180 to 200 kilometers.[10]

The system will be highly mobile and will have rapid deployability. Experts believe that the systems capabilities can affect enemy intercontinental ballistic missiles at the end and the middle portion,[4] but reports by Almaz-Antey say that the external target designation system (RLS Voronezh-DM and missile defense system A-135 radar Don-2N) will be capable of mid-early flight portion interceptions of enemy ballistic missiles, which is one of the final stages of the S-500 project.

In 2009, the system was under development at the design stage at Almaz-Antey, and had been planned to be completed in 2012.[11] In February 2011, it was announced that the first S-500 systems should be in serial production by 2014.[12] Under the State Armament Programme 2020 (GPV-2020), it is planned to purchase 10 S-500 battalions for the Russian Aerospace Defense (VKO).[13]

The main components of the S-500 will be:[14]

Although sharing a similar designation, the relationship between this new S-500 and the S-500U project of the 1960s is unclear. The S-500U multichannel antiaircraft system was a 1968 initiative by the Soviet Air Defence Forces, Soviet Navy, Ministry of the Radio Industry (Ministerstvo Radio Promyshlennosti SSSR), and Ministry of the Shipbuilding Industry to create a unified complex for the National Air Defense Troops, Navy and Ground Troops. Missiles of the S-500U complex were supposed to engage enemy aircraft at a range up to 100 km. The S-500U SAM complex project was rejected by the Soviet Army, which had a requirement to engage not only enemy aircraft, but also short range ballistic missiles. Consequently, the S-300 family (SA-10 and SA-12) was developed instead. Russia is developing two plants to produce the S-500 in 2015 (production) but some say the earliest will be 2017 (delivery to units).[15]

5 batteries of S-500 missiles are to be in service by 2020. The S-500s will work with S-400s and will replace S-300 air defense missiles.[16] The Russian military will start deploying S-500 missile systems in 2016, with a total of 10 batteries to be ordered.[17] Development will be completed in 2015, and the system could enter service by 2017. The first units will be deployed around Moscow and the country's center area, with targets it will defend against to include ballistic missiles, hypersonic cruise missiles, unmanned aerial vehicles, low-orbit satellites, and space weapons launched from hypersonic aircraft, drones, and hypersonic orbital platforms.[18] A naval version is the likely armament for the new Leader-class air-defense destroyers due to enter service in 2023-25.[19]

Response time of less than 4 seconds (S-400 less than 10).[20] For Patriot takes 90[21] seconds and satellite.[22][23][24] As opposed to the S-400, which can handle a maximum of six targets up to a range of 400 km with a 9-10 second response time, the S-500 is capable of simultaneous engaging 10 ballistic missile targets out to 600 km with a 3-4 second response time.[25]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "S-500/S-1000 (Russian Federation), Defensive weapons". Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems. 2009-02-10. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  2. ↑ S-500 Samoderzhets
  3. ↑ Russia’s Cutting-Edge S-500 Missile System to Begin Tests This Year
  4. 1 2 "-500". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  5. ↑ "Russia set to finish development of new air defense system". RIA Novosti. 16 September 2009. Retrieved 15 September 2009.
  6. ↑ "Russia creating new aerospace defence system". ITAR-TASS. 2009-08-11. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  7. ↑ "TASS: Russia - First S-500 missile complex to be put on combat alert in central Russia". TASS. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Статьи: Lenta.ru: Наука и техника: На уровень выше". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  9. ↑ Russia’s Cutting-Edge S-500 Missile System to Begin Tests This Year
  10. ↑ Russian S-500 Prometheus ballistic missile defense to be deployed in 2016
  11. ↑ "Russia to revamp air-space defenses by 2020 — Air Force chief". RIA Novosti. 2009-08-11. Retrieved 11 August 2009.
  12. ↑ Military news, RU: RIA Novosti, 2009-12-17.
  13. ↑ "Valeriy Ivanov on VKO, S-500, S-400 | Russian Defense Policy". russiandefpolicy.wordpress.com. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  14. ↑ Dr C Kopp, SMAIAA, SMIEEE, PEng. "Almaz-Antey S-500 Triumfator M Self Propelled Air / Missile Defence System / SA-X-NN / Самоходный Комплекс Противоракетной / Противосамолетной Обороны С-500 "Триумфатор-М"". ausairpower.net. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  15. ↑ "Russia to build 2 plants for S-500 air defense systems | Defense | RIA Novosti". web.archive.org. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
  16. ↑ Russian army will be equipped with S-500 new surface-to-air missile defense system for 2020 - Armyrecognition.com, 28 November 2013
  17. ↑ Russian armed forces will start deploying S-500 new long-range air defense missile system in 2016 - Armyrecognition.com, 10 August 2014
  18. ↑ First regiment of S-500 new air defense missile system will protect Moscow and center of Russia - Armyrecognition.com, 21 August 2014
  19. ↑ "New-generation missile destroyer under development in Russia". ITAR-TASS. 21 October 2014. Retrieved 28 October 2014.
  20. ↑ "S-500 Prometheus". Missile Threat. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  21. ↑ "- .name". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  22. ↑ "Ракетно-зенитный комплекс С-400 "Триумф" vs PATRIOT vs "Хома"". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  23. ↑ "-400 Patriot". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  24. ↑ http://topwar.ru/12785-sdelat-pro-iz-pvo-triumf-protiv-anteya-2500.html
  25. ↑ Russia could soon receive new air defense missile system S-500 able to intercept ballistic missiles - Armyrecogntion.com, 12 December 2015

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