S-500 Prometheus, Russia’s most advanced air defense system, with an estimated 373-mile (600 km) range, has entered combat duty as a regiment, as per Russian media reports. This also marks the first ...

TASS-FACTBOX. On December 17, 2025, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov announced during the ministry’s final year-end board meeting that the first regiment equipped with the S-500 system had ...

Despite Russia announcing that its cutting-edge latest air defense system, the S-500 is now operational and can defeat the West's (and Israel's) F-35 stealth fighter jet threat, multiple sources have ...

Head of the Bureau of Military-Political Analysis Alexander Mikhailov emphasized that the S-500 functions as a sophisticated space defense system MOSCOW, December 17. /TASS/. The tactical and ...