Russia creating new Anti-Aircraft Missile System S-550

The Russian Ministry of Defense (MoD) has started the development of a new air defense system, the S-550.

“Much attention was paid to improving the country’s aerospace defense system. The head of state emphasized the importance of the priority development of domestic air defense-missile defense systems, the supply of S-350, S-500, S-550 systems to the Armed Forces,” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said in a speech published by the MoD on its official YouTube channel.

The characteristics of the S-550 system and work on this system have not been previously reported.