MOSCOW, July 20 (Xinhua) -- The Russian Defense Ministry announced Tuesday that it had successfully tested the country's state-of-the-art S-500 Prometheus system, which was developed to intercept aircraft and missiles.
An S-500 missile was launched from south Russia's Kapustin Yar training ground and hit a high-speed ballistic target as planned, the ministry said in a press release.
The live-fire testing has confirmed the tactical and technical characteristics as well as the high reliability of the system, it added.
The S-500 system "has no analogues in the world and is designed to defeat the entire spectrum of existing and promising aerospace attack weapons of a potential enemy in the entire range of altitudes and speeds," it said.
After all tests are completed, the first S-500 system will be delivered to the air and missile defense formation near Moscow, the ministry said, without disclosing the possible time of delivery. Enditem