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    RUSSIA TO BUILD 2 PLANTS TO MANUFACTURE S-500 AIR DEFENSE SYSTEMS

    PanARMENIAN.Net
    November 18, 2011 - 11:26 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia's Almaz-Antey concern will build two plants
    to manufacture formidable S-500 air defense systems, Chief of the
    General Staff Gen. Nikolai Makarov said.

    "We gave Almaz-Antey two years to build two plants, which will
    manufacture new S-500 air defense missile systems in the future,"
    Makarov said on Thursday.

    The S-500, a long-range air defense missile system, is expected to
    become the backbone of a unified aerospace defense system being formed
    in Russia.

    The system, being developed by Almaz-Antey, will have an extended
    range of up to 600 km (over 370 miles) and simultaneously engage up
    to 10 targets.

    The Russian military has demanded that the system must be capable of
    intercepting ballistic missiles and hypersonic cruise missiles and
    plans to order at least ten S-500 battalions for the future Russian
    Aerospace Defense.

    The first deliveries of S-500 are officially expected in 2015, but
    some Russian experts believe they are more likely to start in 2017,
    at the earliest, RIA Novosti reported.


    From: Baghdasarian
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