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New Russian Missile Interceptor Announced

August 13, 2004 :: News

Russia’s newest air and missile defense system, called the Samoderzhets (Emperor), is “unbeatable” and surpasses the American Patriot system dramatically, boasts Russian designers at the Almaz and Antei defense companies, reports the Russian newspaper, Vremya Novostei.
        The Samoderzhets apparently combines the longer range of the S-300VM system and the advanced technology of the S-400.
        The Samoderzhets system could be the same “fifth generation” system as that referenced in a January report in Voyennykh Novostey, which quoted Antei designers saying that the new system would be available by 2012. (Article)

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