Promising anti-aircraft missile system s-500 will be able to intercept targets hundreds of kilometers away from Earth, said General designer of the concern "Almaz-Antey" Paul Sozinov. According to chief designer, s-500 is unique in the world and solves a number of tasks As anti-aircraft and missile defense. Currently, the developers carried out testing of the system elements with the greatest economy of means, allocated for verification. "We tried to make forecast for the next 25 years for the development of the means of aerospace attack, and we believe that it will be very accurate with the position of those characteristics that can be achieved by a potential opponent during this time period. Accordingly, our system should be able to deal with those that do not yet exist but have the opportunity to appear in five, 7 or ten years, " - said Sozinov. in early February, Deputy defense Minister Alexei Krivoruchko said that in 2020, the complex will be ready to supply in the armed forces. As explained Krivoruchko, the main task of With-500 - fighting combat equipment of ballistic missiles of average range (self-interception from range and start to 3, 5 thousand km) and Intercontinental ballistic missiles in the terminal phase of the trajectory, and, in certain cases, and in the middle portion. <span style="color:darkgray