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Russian Company Almaz-Antey has successfully test new Buk-M3 air defense missile system TASS 12606163

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Russian Company Almaz-Antey has successfully test new Buk-M3 air defense missile system.

Russia’s Almaz-Antey Corporation has successfully tested the advanced Buk-M3 air defense missile system at the Kapustin Yar firing range in the Astrakhan Region in south Russia, the corporation’s press office said.

Russian-made Buk-M3 air defense missile system

"In June 2016, Almaz-Antey Corporation performed a missile test launch against a ballistic target at the Kapustin Yar firing range, using the Buk-M3 medium-range air defense missile system," the press office said, adding that the Pensne practice target had simulated the ballistic missile.

The air defense missile system tracked the target in a stable manner despite bad weather conditions, Corporation CEO Yan Novikov said.

"When the target was within range, a missile was launched to hit it," the press office quoted Novikov as saying.

According to the CEO, the Russian Armed Forces are expected to receive the first brigade set of the advanced Buk-M3 air defense missile system in 2016.

According to the press office, the missile that was tested at the Kapustin Yar firing range is twice superior to its predecessors and has no equal among surface-to-air missile systems of the same type operational in the world.

"The new missile weighs far less, which has allowed increasing its ammunition load by 1.5 times," the press office said.

"The air defense missile system features launch tubes to store and fire missiles," the press office added.

The Buk-M3 medium-range surface-to-air missile system is a modernized version of the Buk-M2 system, features advanced electronic components and a deadly new missile and could be regarded as a completely new system.

A Buk-M3 missile battery consists of two TELAR 9A317M (Transporter Erector LAuncher and Radar) and one TEL 9A316M (Transporter Erector Launcher) vehicle. The TELAR is based on the GM-569 tracked armoured chassis, carries six ready to fire missiles mounted on a turntable that can traverse a full 360°.