Innovative Buk-M3 and Tor-M2 missile defense systems will enter Russia’s Armed Forces’ inventory in 2008 to 2009.
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Russia to Pass Into Service New Missile Defense Systems in a Couple of Years
Innovative Buk-M3 and Tor-M2 missile defense systems will enter Russia’s Armed Forces’ inventory in 2008 to 2009, ITAR-TASS reported.
Over 50 percent of the missile defense systems at Russia’s Armed Forces are obsolete, said Colonel General Nikolay Frolov, who heads the Field Air Defense of the RF Armed Forces. Passing into service new facilities will change the situation, Frolov pointed out.
Created based on Tor-M1, Tor-M2 will be launched into production already in 2008. In specification, Tor-M2 excels the ancestor two fold.
The RF Armed Forces will get first Buk-M3s in 2009. It was designed by using the present-day element base and could be regarded a totally new system, Frolov said.
Frolov also announced the plans to upgrade most popular missile defense system of the RF Army, Osa (Wasp), as well as Tunguska missile and gun system and Strela-10 missile defense system. Those facilities have missiles with photo-contrast guidance systems and are expected to operate round-the-clock and no matter what the weather would be.
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