PARK PATRIOT (Moscow region). Aug 22 (Interfax-AVN) - The state-of-the-art S-500 air defense missile system is undergoing tests now, Deputy Defense Minister Yury Borisov told Interfax-AVN at the 3rd Army-2017 international military-technical forum on Tuesday.
"The S-500 air defense missile system will be brought into military service [in the Aerospace Forces] upon completion of tests," he told Interfax-AVN.
The deputy minister did not reveal the timing, when this will occur.
The designing of the advanced S-500 anti-aircraft missile system is proceeding according to the schedule, the Almaz-Antey air defense corporation said earlier.