Russia Will Soon Be Fielding The Powerful S-500 Integrated Air And Missile Defense System

Anti-aircraft missile system S400 "Triumph" at a site in the Moscow region. (RIA Novosti/Grigoriy Sisoev) / RIA Novosti

National Interest: Revealed: Russia's Plans for Lethal New S-500 Missile System

Russia will soon be fielding the powerful S-500 integrated air and missile defense system, which is currently under development by the Moscow-based defense firm Almaz Antey.

Is not clear if the new weapon—which is referred to as both the S-500 Prometey and as the 55R6M Triumfator-M—is an upgraded variant of powerful S-400 (pictured) that Russia recently deployed to Syria or a clean-sheet design. However, what is known is that the new S-500 boasts impressive capabilities and will pose an even greater threat to allied air power than its predecessors once it becomes fully operational.

WNU Editor: Russia has been boasting for the past year that their S-400 system makes America's stealth F-35 obsolete ..... How Russia’s S-400 makes the F-35 obsolete (RBTH). If true .... one can then  only imagine what the new S-500 missile system will be capable of.