Will Russia's S-500 Air Defense System Neutralize The F-22 And F-35?

S-500 air defense system © Russian Ministry of Defense Press Office/TASS 

19FortyFive: Russia’s S-500: How Putin Plans to Kill the F-22 and F-35 

The head engineer of the air defense system explained that the S-500 “neutralizes American offensive weapons.” 

Last month, Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu revealed that Moscow would complete its missile defense systems modernization efforts by the end of 2023. Russia began prioritizing its aerospace defense capabilities in 2020, when the Kremlin announced its State Armament Program. Under the latest iteration of the program, dubbed GPV-2027 in Russia, the production of the new S-500 system will be accomplished. 

Russia’s latest anti-aircraft missile defense system, “Prometheus,” is expected to become a staple of the Kremlin’s aerospace defense system. The combat capabilities of the Prometheus reportedly blows its predecessor’s abilities out of the water. However, while Moscow may claim that this new system could easily take down fifth-generation fighters like the F-22 Raptor or the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, little remains confirmed about the S-500. A brief history of the S-500  

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WNU Editor: The S-500 is currently being deployed around Moscow .... Russia To Deploy S-500 ‘Prometheus’ Air Defense Missiles To Defend Moscow As Ukrainian Strikes Become Frequent (EurAsian Times).

Russia Releases Video Of New S-500 Air Defense System In Action (Video)

 

Warzone/The Drive: This Is Our First View Of Russia’s New S-500 Air Defense System In Action 

The much-delayed air defense system is designed to swat down both air-breathing and ballistic missile threats. 

Russia has, for the first time, released a video showing the S-500 air defense system in action. The launch, conducted during a test campaign at Kapustin Yar, near Astrakhan in southern Russia, reportedly downed a ballistic missile surrogate target, according to the Russian Ministry of Defense, which announced the development earlier today. 

The Russian military is currently undertaking pre-service trials of the S-500, after which the system will begin to be deployed operationally, initially as part of the defensive umbrella surrounding the capital, Moscow. The system, which is named Prometey (Russian for Prometheus), as well as Triumfator-M, is expected to replace the current A-135 anti-ballistic missile system deployed around Moscow, as well as supplement the long-range S-400 Triumf surface-to-air missile (SAM) system in Russian Aerospace Forces service.  

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 More News On Russia Releasing Video Of New S-500 Air Defense System In Action  

Russia shows off new high-tech S-500 rocket system designed to take down enemy SPACE WEAPONS high above planet Earth (VIDEO) -- RT  

Russia’s S-500 missile system successfully tested — ministry -- TASS  

Russia Test-Fires S-500 Missile System to Hit High-Speed Ballistic Target, Ministry Says -- Sputnik  

Russia Shows Advanced S-500 Live Fire Test -- Moscow Times  

Russia reveals new ‘Prometheus’ missile-killer system that can ‘destroy hypersonic nukes on edge of space’ -- The SUN

Will Russia's S-500 Surface-To-Air Missile System Be Deployed Soon?

A Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system. Sergei Malgavko. TASS

CNBC: Russian CEO who oversees the Kremlin’s military–industrial complex says the S-500 ‘will enter service very soon’

 * The Russian CEO who oversees the Kremlin’s military–industrial complex says the nation’s S-500 surface-to-air missile system “will enter service very soon.”
 * Russia claims that the S-500 is capable of intercepting hypersonic missiles, drones and aircraft as well as stealth warplanes like the F-22 and the F-35.
 * In May 2018, CNBC learned Russia quietly conducted the world’s longest surface-to-air missile test with the S-500, according to sources with direct knowledge of U.S. intelligence report.

WASHINGTON — The Russian CEO who oversees the Kremlin’s military–industrial complex says the nation’s S-500 surface-to-air missile system “will enter service very soon.”

Rostec CEO Sergei Chemezov said Sunday during an interview on Russian state-owned television that the S-500, an upgraded version of the S-400 missile system, was in production and would join the Kremlin’s arsenal after testing.

Russia claims that the ground-based missile system is capable of intercepting hypersonic missiles, drones and aircraft as well as stealth warplanes like the F-22 and the F-35.

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WNU Editor: I am skeptical. They have been making the same promises and announcements for years ..... Russia Will Soon Be Fielding The Powerful S-500 Integrated Air And Missile Defense System (December 17, 2015).

Was This A Russian S-500 Missile Defense Test?

At the Sary-Shagan test site (Republic of Kazakhstan), the air and missile defence forces of the Aerospace Forces successfully conducted a new test launch of a modernized missile of the Russian ABM system. #MoD #Aerospace_Forces #Missile_Defence #Kazakhstan #SaryShagan pic.twitter.com/mFle4QLyc4

— Минобороны России (@mod_russia) June 4, 2019

Боевой расчет войск противовоздушной и противоракетной обороны ВКС России успешно запустил новую российскую противоракету. Пуск произошел на полигоне Сары-Шаган в Казахстане.

Подробности: https://t.co/bfxq3mRK2u pic.twitter.com/JobjCx9mYB

— Телеканал "Звезда" (@zvezdanews) June 4, 2019

Sputnik: S-500, Is That You? WATCH Russia Test Mystery 'Modernised ABM Missile'

The defence ministry has remained mum on the nature and specifications of the new weapon, only confirming that the test was successful.

A new video released Tuesday by the defence ministry shows the test firing of an unnamed "modernised missile of the Russian ABM [Anti-Ballistic Missile] system".

The footage, shot at the Sary-Shagan test site in Kazakhstan, shows the missile blasting off at blistering speed. It's not clear whether the video was sped up, perhaps to hide some of the missile's secret characteristics, or if it was its real-time speed.

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WNU Editor: For what it is worth, the Russian Defense Ministry is saying that the test was successful.

Will Russia’s New S-500 Air And Missile Defense System Be Able To Track And Shoot Down The F-22 And F-35?

An S-400 air defence missile system is deployed for a combat duty at the Hmeymim airbase to provide security of the Russian air group's flights in Syria. © Dmitriy Vinogradov / Sputnik

National Interest: Russia's S-500: An F-35 or F-22 Stealth Slayer?

Here is all we know.

Given the S-500’s advanced networking capabilities, some military analysts have suggested that the Russians might genuinely be able to engage stealth aircraft. Indeed, by networking multiple high-speed long wave radars such as the RLS Voronezh-DM and 1L119 Nebo SVU, it might be possible to generate a weapons quality track on an aircraft such as the F-22 or F-35. Sensor fusion has afforded militaries many capabilities that are greater than the sum of their part. This many be one such case.

Russia’s fearsome new S-500 air and missile defense system has apparently entered production—and is setting new records for missile engagement range.

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WNU Editor: The Russian military has been promoting the S-500 for years .... Is Russia Going To Deploy A 'Star Wars' Missile System In 2017? (August 31, 2013). But it looks like they have finally worked out the technical and production problems to get it deployed. I also know that the Russian military is very confident of this weapons platform, treating it as a vital component in its arsenal to the point where they are not even going to be selling it abroad to customers who would dearly want to buy it.

Russia Has Just Successful Tested The World's Longest Surface-To-Air Missile Test

Trailer-mouned erector launchers associated with the S-400 surface-to-air missile system, which Russia could deploy together with the S-500s. Vitaly Kuzmin

CNBC: Russia quietly conducted the world's longest surface-to-air missile test

* Russia quietly conducted the world's longest surface-to-air missile test, according to sources with direct knowledge of U.S. intelligence about the weapons program.
* The S-500 surface-to-air missile system successfully struck a target 299 miles away.
* Russia claims that the ground-based missile system is capable of intercepting hypersonic missiles, drones, aircraft as well as stealth warplanes like the F-22 and the F-35.

Russia quietly conducted the world's longest surface-to-air missile test, according to sources with direct knowledge of U.S. intelligence concerning the weapons program.

The S-500 surface-to-air missile system successfully struck a target 299 miles away, which the U.S. assessed is 50 miles further than any known test, said the sources, who spoke to CNBC on the condition of anonymity.

Russia claims that the ground-based missile system is capable of intercepting hypersonic missiles, drones and aircraft as well as stealth warplanes like the F-22 and the F-35. The S-500 system would expand the Kremlin's capabilities to engage multiple targets with precision strikes.

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Update: Russia's S-500 Air Defense System Reportedly Hits Target Nearly 300 Miles Away (Warzone/The Drive)

WNU Editor: Apparently the test was a success .... but it is going to be a long time before the S-500 is available for buyers. The Russian missile maker Almaz-Antey is swamped with S-400 orders that will keep it busy until 2025. It is a victim of its success .... it never counted on the S-500 attracting this much interest now.

A Look At Russia's Next-Generation Air And Missile Defense System,The S-500

Zachary Keck, National Interest: Russia's S-500: The Ultimate Weapon That Can Kill the B-2, F-22 and F-35?

Russian state media have begun leaking some information about the country’s next-generation air and missile defense system, the S-500.

While maintaining that “most of the new system’s technical characteristics remain under wraps,” Sputnik this week began shedding some light on what those technical characteristics will be (although many of them have been previously reported elsewhere). According to the report, the S-500 “is expected to be able to engage targets at altitudes of over 60 miles,” which is higher than any existing missile defense systems. Sputnik went on to claim that “sixty miles and more is also the near space zone where the majority of foreign military satellites are now orbiting our planet.” While it is technically true that military satellites are flying at heights of sixty miles or more, most of them are much higher than sixty miles and thus likely outside the S-500’s range.

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More News On Russia's New S-500 System

S-500 Prometheus missile defense system: A few details exposed -- Pravda
S-500 to receive multiple specialized radars -- Army Recogntion
Sneak Peek: Key Features of Russia's Next Gen S-500 Air Defense System Unveiled -- Sputnik
Radar of Russia's S-500 Next Gen. Air Defense System Reportedly Spotted on VIDEO -- Sputnik

Is Russia's S-500 The Ultimate Weapon Against U.S. Missiles And Aircraft?

Sebastien Roblin, National Interest: Russia's S-500: The Ultimate Weapon against American Missiles or Paper Tiger?

Moscow has long been preoccupied with the threat posed by NATO airpower, and has fielded a variety of potent long-range surface-to-air missile systems over the years to counter it, including at the high end the S-300 (SA-10 and SA-12) and S-400 (SA-21). But the primary role of its latest design, the Almaz-Antey S-500 “Triumfator,” isn’t taking potshots at frontline fighter planes. Rather, the S-500 marks a new Russian effort to develop its own defense “shield” against cruise and ballistic missile attack.

Moscow has claimed the S-500 will enter service in 2016 or 2017 and has offered an impressive-seeming list of its capabilities. Appropriately nicknamed “Prometey”—Prometheus—the S-500 supposedly will have a maximum vertical altitude of 185 to two hundred kilometers, permitting it to swat down incoming Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and low-orbit satellites in space. The Triumfator would also have a maximum range of six hundred kilometers, even further than the four-hundred-kilometer range of the S-400. Russian Air Force Commander Colonel General Viktor Bondarev claimed the S-500 would be able to engage up to ten missiles at the same time, with a reaction speed of three to four seconds—compared to six missiles and nine-second reaction times for the S-400.

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WNU Editor: On paper this Russian weapon system looks impressive .... but will it deliver? My guess is that many of these questions will only be answered in a few years.

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.

Russia's New Air Defense System (The S-500) Will Be Ready Soon

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Russia Set To Finish Development Of New Air Defense System -- RIA Novosti

ASTRAKHAN (South Russia), September 16 (RIA Novosti) - Russia's advanced S-500 air defense system could be developed in the next few years, the Air Force commander said on Wednesday.

The S-500 is currently at the blueprint stage at the Almaz-Antei company and is expected to be rolled out by 2012.

"This work is in progress...I think this system will appear in the near future," Col. Gen. Alexander Zelin said.

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Update #1: Russia to develop S-500 air defense system soon: air force commander -- China View
Update #2: Advanced Russian Air Defenses Expected in 2012 -- Global Security Newswire
Update #3: The Grand Illusions -- Strategy Page