Russia may deploy next-generation S-500 air defense missiles in 2013

Russia may deploy next-generation S-500 air defense missiles in 2013

PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia's Armed Forces could receive the first of its next-generation S-500 air defense missile systems as early as in 2013, Air Force commander Maj.Gen. Viktor Bondarev said on Wednesday, June 27, RIA Novosti said.

"I think that as soon as next year we will get the first of these (S-500) systems in service," Bondarev said at a RIA Novosti press conference dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Russian Air Force.

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