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Russian airborne troops will receive new VERBA MANPADS portable air defense system end of 2015 TASS 12010151

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Russian airborne troops will receive new VERBA MANPADS portable air defense system end of 2015

By the end of 2015 the Airborne Forces will receive two divisional sets of the newest Verba man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS), Yevgeny Meshkov, MoD Airborne Forces official revealed.The system is designed and manufactured by the Russian Company Konstruktorskoye Byuro Mashinostroyeniya (KBM).

The VERBA 9K333 MANPADS is the next generation of Russian-made short-range air defense missile system

"In addition to the new MANPADS with a increased firing capability and a unique guidance system, the Airborne Forces will receive compact low-altitude radar target detectors and the latest automatic reconnaissance systems," Meshkov said.

The new Verba MANPADS will be deployed to the 76th guards assault (Pskov) and 106th guards airborne (Tula) divisions. The Verba MANPDS was accepted for service by the Russian army in 2015.

The 9K333 Verba MANPADS design employs for the first time a three-spectrum homing head for the 9M336 air defense guided missile operating in ultraviolet, near-infrared /NIR/ and MWIR regions. This novelty makes it possible to obtain more information about the target. In designing the latest MANPADS special attention was given to issues related to enhancing the homing head sensitivity. This eases the engagement of an aerial target in the frontal arc, increasing the effective range of acquiring an enemy flying vehicle.

In addition, this novelty extends the MANPADS operating range against low-emission targets such as the US AH-64 Apache combat helicopter of various models. The Verba MANPADS has an improved extended range guidance system. Also, it has received an identification friend-or-foe /IFF/ interrogator. Verba is integrated with the Barnaul-T control system which enables it to receive external target designation.