Russian Defense Ministry has decided to accelerate equipment of Russian army with local produced laser weapons, which is called Peresvet.
Peresvet is supposed to perform the tasks of Air Defense and Missile defense.
The Peresvet is one of the six new Russian strategic weapons unveiled by Russian President Vladimir Putin on 1 March 2018.
The system was revealed for the first time by Russian President Vladimir Putin during his message to the Federal Assembly on 1 March 2018. The equipment of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation with the complexes began in 2017. On 1 December 2018, the Peresvet laser complex took over experimental combat duty. The complexes have been deployed with the road-mobile ICBM launchers with the task of covering their maneuvers. According to Sergei Shoigu, as of 1 December 2019, Peresvet was deployed with five RVSN rocket divisions.
