MAKS 2013, Mosca. As U.S. planners debate options for aircraft or missile attacks against Syria, Russian industry—still dependent both on domestic and export sales — is continuing to develop new systems that will allow its customers to strengthen anti-access and area-denial capabilities. Among the weapons displayed for the first time at the MAKS air show at Zhukovsky near here in late August was the Almaz-Antey S-350E Vityaz (Knight) surface-to-air missile (SAM) system. The S-350E is intended as a replacement for the 1980s-era S-300, with an emphasis on countering saturation attacks by both aircraft and munitions. It is being developed with export in mind, as well as part of a layered, mobile defense system for Russia that is topped by the new S-400 long-range SAM and the in-development S-500 ballistic missile defense system. http://www.aviationweek.com/Article.aspx?id=/article-xml/AW_09_09_2013_p35-612815.xml
