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Russian TOR-M2U air defense missile system now able to engage aerial targets when is moving 12609153.
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Defence & Security News - Russia
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Russia has successfully conducted live fire tests of its advanced Tor-M2U surface-to-air missile system. For the first time, the TOR missile system was successfully tested during firing from moving position.
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 Russian army TOR-M2U surface-to-air defense missile system during rehearsal in Moscow for military parade of May 9, 2015 |
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The firing tests were conducted at Kapustin Yar range in Russia’s southern Astrakhan region. Moving at 25 km/h over rought terrain the Tor-M2U managed to spot and destroy the target maneuvering eight kilometers away.
The Tor-M2U surface-to-air missile defense system was designed by the Almaz-Antei Concern to engage planes, helicopters, cruise missiles, precision guided munitions, unmanned aerial vehicles and short-range ballistic threats. T According to Almaz-Antei deputy chief designer Pavel Sozinov, the successful test was putting the Tor–M2U on a qualitatively new technological level making it possible to engage aerial targets when is moving. A single Tor-M2U armoured launch station carries eight vertically launched missiles which ensure guaranteed destruction of aerial targets moving at speeds of up to 700 meters per second 500 meters to 12,000 meters away at altitudes of between 10 meters and 6,000 meters. Previous version of the TOR systems are currently in service in Greece, Venezuela, China, Iran and Egypt. |
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