Russia has announced plans to deploy the S-500 air defense missile weapon system by 2018. The S-500 system can hit targets in space and has a range of 500 kilometers, approximately 310 miles.
The S-500 air defense system is an upgrade from the S-400 system, which has a range of 400 km (249 miles), reports Agence France-Presse. According to an anonymous source speaking to Interfax, the S-500 will be able to target threats from space and will be able to protect the entire country as an anti-aircraft and anti-missile system.
The AFP article cites an even earlier deployment timeline, with the “star wars” missile system ready for use by 2017.
Russian-built multiple launch rocket systems fire during joint military exercises of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization in Khujand, Tajikistan, on June 10, 2012. Russia’s defence ministry plans to deploy in 2017 a sophisticated new air missile defence system that can hit targets in space, a senior ministry source told Russian news agencies on Friday.
The announcement was made by the commander-in-chief of the Russian Air Force, Lt. Col. Viktor Bondarev on Friday. Bondarev said, “We can now say we can make this system. It will hit ballistic and aerodynamic targets. It will have an excellent range of some 500 km,” reports Interfax.
By Charles Poladian
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We can do that now, in fact we sent a F-15 up over 10 years ago with a space intercept missile. The Patriot air defense system can or already has been modified for space interception, the Agis air defense system on Agis cruisers and destroyers can do this now. Nothing new except the fact that Russia can do it too, which really isn’t news.
who plans on coming in from outer space and let a tinpot 3rd world like ours attack them? they will just unleash technology that appears magical to us and then smack our asses
and I for one welcome our insect overlords
Very related.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1OhtkU4aGUc
If it’s like all the other weapons Russia developes, they’ll only be able be able to build like 3 of them anyways. Plus doesn’t the US have laser systems set up that can do the same thing without launching a missile?
Russia already has a Space Based Missile Defense Shield” ??? Why does the Government of the United States keep spending TRILLIONS of Dollars on their system, but they keep saying that it does not work properly ???
The Star Wars Defense from NASA is much better and different. We actually have a weapon in space that can target any place on Earth. It is much cleaner than an Atomic Bomb. It turns people to dust leaving the buildings in tact and the grounds clean (free of radiation).