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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Truth Hurts" data-source="post: 29889782" data-attributes="member: 477372"><img src="https://s.yimg.com/ny/api/res/1.2/o0KHHIselHYTHswQaCHplA--/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTY0MDtoPTQ4MDtjZj13ZWJw/https://media.zenfs.com/en/insider_articles_922/3be327cf60ca25c587fa831651b3e206" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />Russia has brought out its S-500, an 'experimental' weapon it's never used before, Ukrainian spy chief says as Ukraine hunts air defenses in Crimea<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Russia deployed its only S-500 air defense system in Crimea amid Ukrainian strikes.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The system is "experimental," Ukraine's spy chief said, and has never been used before in combat.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Ukraine has upped its attacks in Crimea, likely hoping to destroy Russia's air defenses in the area.</li> </ul>Russia has deployed its only S-500 air defense system in Crimea as Ukraine ups its attacks on the occupied peninsula, Ukraine's spy chief said this week.The S-500, an advanced system described by Lt. Gen. Kyrylo Budanov, head of the Ukrainian Defense Intelligence Directorate as "experimental," has never been used in combat before.Russia moved the S-500 to protect the Kerch Bridge, as well as strengthen Russia's air defense network in occupied Crimea, Budanov said Wednesday. The 12-mile-long bridge, which connects mainland Russia to occupied Crimea, is both a streamlined way for Russian forces to reach the area, as well as a <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/12-mile-bridge-crimea-lifeline-russia-constant-attacks-headache-2023-7?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.com" target="_blank">symbol of Russia's control of the peninsula</a>.It's <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/ukraine-missile-attack-naval-base-helps-make-crimea-untenable-russia-2023-9?utm_medium=referral&utm_source=yahoo.com" target="_blank">repeatedly been a target</a> for Ukraine's drone boats, bombs, and strikes. Russian air defense assets have also been targets, especially in recent weeks.The S-500, called the Prometheus, is a mobile, surface-to-air defense system designed to <a href="https://missilethreat.csis.org/defsys/s-500-prometheus/" target="_blank">intercept ballistic missiles and other ranged weapons</a>. The system is "essentially a modernized version of the S-300," the Institute for the Study of War, a Washington DC-based think tank, <a href="https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/ukraine-conflict-updates" target="_blank">said Thursday</a>.[MEDIA=youtube]u7GPnNEbsPo[/MEDIA]<a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-using-experimental-defense-system-to-defend-crimea-ukraine-2024-6" target="_blank">https://www.businessinsider.com/russia-using-experimental-defense-system-to-defend-crimea-ukraine-2024-6</a></blockquote>

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