Russia's next generation missile defense systems which are currently under development will be based not on the ground but in the air, former chief designer of Almaz-Antei corporation Igor Ashurbeili said.
"The following firepower missile that will replace the S-500 (expected to enter service in 2015) won't be land-based but air-based," Ashurbeili said.
He explained that air-based firepower involves placing weapons on a flying platform, in other words, on a plane. "This will be an aircraft that will fly, control the field and not only track targets, but strike them," Ashurbeili said.
