Russia has completed the S-500-range missile testing process and is handing this system to the armed forces.

Russian Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov on September 16 said the manufacturer is handing over the S-500 air defense systems for the Russian military after completing the state-level test, but does not indicate deployment units and

The Russian Defense Ministry in July announced the first S-500 combinations to be payrolled for the missile shield around the Moskva capital area.

S-500 rocket launchers in the test at Kapustin Yar on July 20.

Russia develops the S-500 Prometey combination since 2009 to perform both air defense missions and intercept ballistic missiles.

For the missile defense missile, the S-500 reaches a range of about 500-600 km, can monitor 20 targets at the same time and block 5-10 ballistic missiles at the end or middle

The Russian army said a S-500 complex lowered the target from a distance of nearly 500 km in the trial in 2018. Anonymous news from the Russian Defense Ministry said some components of the S-500 system were

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in 2019 announced that the country would work with S-500 missiles and Russia.