page_title: Anti-ballistic missile
section_title: Soviet Union/Russian Federation
hierarchical_section_title: Anti-ballistic missile / Current tactical systems / Soviet Union/Russian Federation
caption_attribution_description: S-300PMU2 "Favorit" SAM system MAKS, Zhukovskiy, 2005
context_page_description: An anti-ballistic missile is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles. Ballistic missiles are used to deliver nuclear, chemical, biological, or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory. The term "anti-ballistic missile" is a generic term conveying a system designed to intercept and destroy any type of ballistic threat; however, it is commonly used for systems specifically designed to counter intercontinental ballistic missiles.
context_section_description: The Moscow ABM defense system was designed with the aim of being able to intercept the ICBM warheads aimed at Moscow and other important industrial regions, and is based on:
  A-35 Aldan
  ABM-1 Galosh / 5V61 (decommissioned)
  A-35M
  ABM-1B (decommissioned)
  A-135 Amur
  ABM-3 Gazelle / 53T6
  ABM-4 Gorgon / 51T6 (decommissioned)
  A–235 Nudol (In development)
  Apart from the main Moscow deployment, Russia has striven actively for intristic ABM capabilities of its SAM systems.
  S-300P (SA-10)
  S-300V/V4 (SA-12)
  S-300PMU-1/2 (SA-20)
  S-400 (SA-21)
  S-500 Prometey (To be inducted in 2021)
caption: S-300PMU-2 vehicles. From left to right: 64N6E2 detection radar, 54K6E2 command post and 5P85 TEL.
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