S-500 Prometheus
Sign in to saveAlso known as S-500, 55R6M "Triumfator-M", 55R6M, Triumfator-M, 55R6M Triumfator-M, S-550, S-500 missile system, Prometheus
Russian surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system
Key facts
- Type
- Mobile surface-to-air missile
- Place of origin
- Russian Federation
- In service
- 16 September 2021
- Used by
- Russian Space Forces
- Designer
- Almaz-Antey
- Manufacturer
- Almaz-Antey
- Unit cost
- $2.5 billion
- Produced
- 2021–present
- Number span no built
- 1 S-500 regiment in service
- Operational range
- 600 km
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- anti-ballistic missile
- Operator
- Russian Aerospace Forces
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Manufacturer
- Almaz-Antey
- Designed by
- Almaz-Antey
- Image
- С-500 российский зенитный ракетный комплекс.jpg
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- service entry
- 2021-10-00
- Commons category
- S-500
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Encyclopedic overview
The S-500 Prometheus (Russian: C-500 Прометей), also known as 55R6M "Triumfator-M", is a Russian surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system supplementing the S-400 and the A-235 ABM missile system. The S-500 was developed by the Almaz-Antey Air Defence Concern. Initially planned to be in production by 2014, the first unit entered service in 2021 with the 15th Aerospace Army. Russia claims that the S-500 is capable of intercepting all types of modern hypersonic weapons, and has claimed to have successfully tested such capability. Russia is reportedly planning to deploy the S-500 alongside the planned S-550 missile system as part of its air defense network.
History
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “S-500 Prometheus” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.