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An effective response to bringing US missile defense closer to borders Russia will become the latest S-500 anti-aircraft missile system. Russian military are counting on admission to the aerospace forces defense of at least five S-500 complexes as part of the state program weapons until 2020. According to its combat capabilities, this air defense system will be significantly exceed the S-400 system in service “Triumph” and its foreign counterpart – the American THAAD. According to information from open sources, the target detection range of the S-500 will be at 200 kilometers more than the S-400, i.e. approximately 800 kilometers. As Russian Air Force Commander-in-Chief Viktor Bondarev said earlier, she will be able to solve tasks on the destruction of operational-tactical missiles, missiles medium range, as well as targets in near space. The experts make various assumptions about what technical this superpowerful and mysterious will possess the characteristics complex. But everyone is sure that the S-500 will dramatically increase the power of the Russian aerospace defense. The latest air defense system will solve problems both missile defense and anti-aircraft, i.e. within one system combines the solution of two problems, explained the main The editor of the Aerospace Defense magazine Mikhail Khodarenok: “The system will destroy medium-sized ballistic missiles range and warheads of intercontinental BR in the final section with very high efficiency. As for the appearance of the most systems in service with the Russian army, the most optimistic the period until 2017 looks like. Is the S-500 capable of destroying US missile defense systems and their elements, deployed on the European continent? Such a task, even for the S-500 will be very difficult because the rocket will need to catch up anti-missile hypothetical opponent. And one and the other carry out flight at speeds close to the limiting. “Therefore, to catch the interceptor missile, the system must be located in close proximity to the launch sites of the missile defense complex. IN Recently, in the expert community, much has been said about the work to create in several countries new types of weapons – hypersonic and kinetic. It is known that certain work in this direction spend the Americans. Many experts believe that the military program the creation of new types of weapons in space is implemented in the United States full underway. In this context, it is important to know whether the S-500 complex can fight with new types of weapons. It can and is very effective, believes Mikhail Khodarenok: “S-500” Triumfator-M, among other things, maybe hit hypersonic cruise missiles, cruising speed which is 5500 kilometers per hour and above. Such a task previous generations of air defense missile systems in general did not dare, but in this The system will be implemented for the first time. This requires the availability of her unusually powerful radar and very well developed digital computing. “It is especially important that system developers ruled out interference as much as possible human operator at all stages of detection, countdown and during the guidance phase. This assumes the highest level. automation within this system. Today in combat missile defense systems of Russia are anti-aircraft missile systems of medium range S-300PM, promising long-range and medium-range air defense systems S-400 Triumph, as well as anti-aircraft missile and gun systems short-range “Shell-S”. The latest S-500, which are fifth generation systems will allow Russia to respond effectively to threats of aerospace attack of a potential enemy. By experts say that the S-500 complex can play a very important role in protecting the country’s strategic nuclear forces from sudden enemy ballistic and cruise missile attacks. East Kazakhstan troops have high hopes for this promising air defense system. As reported earlier in the design bureau “Almaz-Antey” – a development company complex, in 2017-2018, the S-500 will begin to enter the Russian the army.
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