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Today, we are going to discuss the S-550, a newest air defence system which has been introduced recently by the Russian government. Let’s see what this new system entails! Stay tuned and don’t go anywhere. On November 9, Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoygu cited the statement of President Vladimir Putin about the necessity to “deliver the air defence systems S-350, S-500 and S-550 to the Russian troops”. It implies that Russia has successfully developed an undeniably unknown weapon and is about to deploy it. This announcement took the public by surprise, yet the military circles have not unveiled any details about this new machinery nor have they agreed on giving any relevant commentaries. Also goes by the name 55R6M “Triumfator-M“, S550 is a Russian surface-to-air missile/anti-ballistic missile system created to replace the A-135 missile system presently in service, and to also provide support for the S-400. The S-500 was developed by the Almaz-Antey Air Defence Concern. It is first delivered in 2021, though already planned to be in production by 2014. According to the Pravda report, due to its characteristics, S-550 is unrivalled by any other similar system in the world, being the top of its classes of space-defence weapons. Still citing the same report, it is known that the weapon shares similarity with the US Terminal High Altitude Area Defence (THAAD) system in that it will be synthesized into a single network of assets of defence in aerospace. Let’s get into the history of how the Russian came up with the S-550. All content on Military TV is presented for educational purposes. Subscribe Now :
