Russia To Start Building New S-500 Air Defense Missiles By 2014 -- RIA Novosti
Russia will start serial production of its next-generation S-500 missile system in 2014, an aerospace defense chief said on Thursday.
The S-500 air defense system will be able to track and destroy ballistic missiles with ranges of up to 3,500 kilometers.
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