In Russia began the manufacture of advanced missile and air defense s-500 " Prometheus ", said General Director of "Rostec" Chemezov. The head of Rostec added that the Russian Federation until not to sell the latest weapons " at any price ". He added that the complexes built in the 1st place for the army. According to his statement, only after putting into service of new complexes will be possible to discuss their exports. Anti-aircraft missile system s-500 "Prometheus" refers to the new generation of antiaircraft missile systems " earth-air ". It is a universal set of long-range and high-altitude interception with increased potential missile defense and is capable of intercepting ballistic missiles. A promising system is capable of hitting not only ballistic, but also aerodynamic targets (aircraft, helicopters and other air targets), as well as cruise missiles. S-500 has a radius of 600 kilometers and will be able to detect and at the same time to hit up to ten ballistic supersonic targets flying at a speed of seven kilometers per second, and also to be able to defeat warheads hypersonic missiles. The characteristics of s-500 will greatly surpass the standing armed s-400 and its us competitor, the Patriot Advanced Capability-3. in April the Head of Ministry of industry and trade D. Manturov told that the development of s-500 is in the final stage, then begin mass production. Later in June, Deputy Prime Minister Yuri Borisov reported that the air defense system s-500 will occur in the army in the next few years. <span style="color:darkgray