S-350E Vityaz 50R6


The 50R6 Vityaz or S-350E is a Russian medium-range surface-to-air missile system developed by GSKB Almaz-Antey. Its purpose is to replace the S-300PS and S-300PT-1A. The system design traces its roots from the joint South Korean/Russian KM-SAM project and uses the same 9M96 missile as the S-400 missile system.

Design and development

The 50R6A Vityaz missile system consists of:
Basic performance characteristics of the S-350:
All vehicles are based on a Bryansky Avtomobilny Zavod chassis. The naval version with 9M96E guided missile which passed state tests in 2018 is the Poliment-Redut.

Missiles

Deployment

In September 2017, it was reported that the missile system was deployed in the town of Masyaf in Hama province, Syria, delivered from Russia via the Tartus port.
The first launches, made on March 26, 2019, were positive and the air defense missile system successfully passed state tests.
In late December 2019, at Kapustin Yar, the S-350E was officially handed over to the Russian Ministry of Defence. The handover involved tracking of aerodynamic targets.
In February 2020, the S-350 Vityaz was officially commissioned into the service of the Aerospace Defence Forces as the new missile system had been delivered to Zhukov Air and Space Defense Academy to train crews for the equipment.
The Almaz-Antey Group and the Defense Ministry of Russia signed contracts for the delivery of four sets of S-350 ‘Vityaz’ and three regiments of S-400 ‘Triumf’ in June 2020.

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