reports of the s 550s introduction come amid concerns that moscow is reviewing plans to
proliferate its flagship missile systems to allied countries possibly including belarus and serbia as
a retaliatory measure if upcoming diplomatic talks with washington and nato slated for early january
do not yield the sweeping security guarantees the kremlin is seeking russia's first serial
s 550 system has entered service according to a russian state media report the s 550 air defense
system has successfully completed state trials the first s 550 brigade has entered combat duty
a source close to russia's defense ministry told the news outlet tas the source described the
weapon as an absolutely new and unrivaled mobile system of strategic missile defense adding that
it is capable of hitting spacecraft ballistic missile re-entry vehicles in hypersonic targets
at altitudes of tens of thousands of kilometers the source did specify where the s 550 regiment in
question has been stationed tas noted that it was not able to corroborate its source's information
the news appears to be a stark deviation from previous projections with an earlier
task article reporting that the system is projected to be delivered by 2025 as part of
russia's 2027 armament cycle defense minister sergey shoigu revealed the existence of the
s 550 at a defense ministry conference on november 9. the head of state placed special emphasis on
the importance of advancing the development of domestic air and missile defense systems
and the supply of s 350 s 500 and s 550 to the armed forces shogu said
the s 550 is a variant of russia's long-anticipated s 500 triumphator m
next generation system missile defense system whereas the s 500 is principally intended as
a tool against advanced cruise missiles unmanned aerial vehicles uavs and stealth aircraft like the
upcoming b-21 raider heavy bomber and f-22 raptor the s-550 is reportedly specialized to counter
intercontinental ballistic missiles ikebums and space-based threats it was reported in
october that the first s-500 regiment had entered service in the moscow region the kremlin has not
publicly confirmed the system's specifications or any plans related to its future deployments
sergey kemezov ceos of the russian defense industrial giant rostec told reporters that
the s 550 boasts extended target detection and missile ranges it remains unclear if kemazov
was referring to the s 550s performance gains versus the s 500 or the older s 400 triumph
russian military sources anonymously clarified last month that the s 550 is not intended to
directly compete with the s500 the s 550 system will not replace the s 500 because it is not more
advanced than its predecessor in fact it is a slightly lighter version the new system's combat
goals will differ from those of the s 500 pronte a source previously told russian media instead
both the s 500 and s 550 are intended to reinforce russia's echelon air missile defense
network against the latest and most sophisticated threats reports of the s 550s introduction come
amid concerns that moscow is reviewing plans to proliferate its flagship missile systems
to allied countries possibly including belarus and serbia as a retaliatory measure if upcoming
diplomatic talks with washington and nato slated for early january do not yield the sweeping
security guarantees the kremlin is seeking russian military sources anonymously clarified last month
that the s-550 is not intended to directly compete with the s-500 the s-550 system will not replace
the s-500 because it is not more advanced than its predecessor in fact it is a slightly lighter
version the new system's combat goals will differ from those of the s 500 pronte a source previously
told russian media instead both the s 500 and s 550 are intended to reinforce russia's echelon air
missile defense network against the latest and most sophisticated threats
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