Medium-Range Area Defense
S-350
S-350 "Vityaz" / S-350E
Medium-range air-defense missile system with tactical-ballistic-missile engagement capability
System Status
Active
Updated 2026-03-27
S-350E export configuration
Key Specifications
Range Verified
120 km against aerodynamic targets; 25 km against ballistic targets in current Rosoboronexport public data Altitude Verified
25 km against aerodynamic targets; 20 km against ballistic targets in current Rosoboronexport public data Radar Verified
Multifunction radar with 150 km circular / 230 km sector detection in current Rosoboronexport public data; Russian ministry descriptions say a battalion can include up to three multifunction radars plus a command post Interceptors
9M96-family interceptors
Mobility Road-mobile system designed for dispersed emplacement, rapid repositioning, and autonomous or higher-level-command operation
Operators Reported
Russia operational since 2020; current official export material markets S-350E abroad, but no clean public export operator was identified in the reviewed sources Procurement & Transfer Activity
2020
Almaz-Antey history says the Russian Aerospace Forces began receiving S-350 Vityaz systems
Verified 2020-06-09
Almaz-Antey said four S-350 sets would be delivered to Russian troops by 2023 under new Defense Ministry contracts
Verified 2025-09-19
Almaz-Antey said production of S-350 and S-400 technical equipment had more than doubled in 2025
Verified Strengths
- + Current official export data supports a meaningful 120 km-class medium-range benchmark rather than a point-defense-only role
- + Current official public material supports strong multichannel tracking and engagement density for saturation-defense discussions
- + Useful archive bridge between older S-300PS replacement narratives and the longer-range S-400 benchmark layer
Limitations
- - Current official public material does not cleanly identify interceptor subvariants, so live-card interceptor wording has to stay conservative
- - Public range and altitude figures vary across older and newer sources; the live card uses the newer current Rosoboronexport figures
- - Current reviewed official sources do not establish a clean public export-operator list
Manufacturer
Almaz-Antey Air and Space Defense Corporation
Russia
Sources
Rosoboronexport Vityaz product page ↗ Rosoboronexport medium-range air-defence catalog ↗ Rosoboronexport S-350E brochure ↗ Almaz-Antey history page ↗ TASS first serial S-350 batch report (Apr 2019) ↗ TASS S-350 contract report (June 2020) ↗ TASS IDEX 2025 S-350E mobility description ↗ TASS S-350 production expansion report (Sept 2025) ↗ Janes S-350 launcher / interceptor note (July 2019) ↗
Evidence Labels
Verified Official manufacturer or government source
Reported Credible third-party or think-tank reporting
Unavailable Official sources do not publish this figure