The newest Russian S-500 SAM hit the target at a range of over 480 kilometers.

Despite the fact that there have been no official data on the tests conducted by the Russian S-500 air defense missile system, the CNBC channel, citing a source in US intelligence, said that the first tests of a unique air defense system that may appear in Russia's arsenal in 2020, proved to be more than successful - in fact, the missile launched struck the target at a distance of 481 kilometer, which made the S-500 SAM system the most long-range air defense system in the world.

“If the information provided by American intelligence is true, this will significantly complicate the position of the United States of America and its allies. In fact, the planes will not even be able to approach the borders of another state, but will be destroyed during the approach. Nevertheless, it is important to understand that the previously declared range of destruction of air targets at the S-500 Prometheus complex is 600 kilometers, which, for example, allows closing the entire airspace of Belarus by installing this system on the western Russian border. ", - said the expert Avia.pro.

Given the fact that the emergence of S-400 anti-aircraft missile systems in Russia has already created a big panic among NATO member countries, it is likely that with the advent of C-500 complexes, Russia's military potential will be significantly higher than that of the US, since the latter the missiles of the Prometheus complex will be able to destroy ballistic missiles and satellites located in small orbits.

* С-500 Prometey is a Russian anti-aircraft missile system developed by Almaz-Antei Concern JSC as a new generation of anti-aircraft missile systems in which it is intended to apply the principle of separate solutions to the destruction of ballistic and aerodynamic targets. The main task of the complex is to combat the combat equipment of medium-range ballistic missiles: interception of an intercontinental ballistic missile with a launch range of up to 3500 km and, if necessary, an ICBM at an end of the trajectory and, in certain limits, in the middle section, is possible.