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United Arab Emirates interested by Russian Uran-9 UGV 12808172.
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Defense & Security News - United Arab Emirates
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United Arab Emirates interested to purchase Russian Uran-9 unmanned ground combat vehicle. |
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The United Arab Emirates is interested to purchase Russian-made Uran-9 UGV (Unmanned Ground Vehicle), Dmitry Shugaev, director of the Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation (FSMTC), told TASS. The Uran-9 is an armed Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) designed, developed and manufactured by the Russian defense company 766th UPTK.
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 Russian-made Uran-9 unmanned ground combat vehicle at Army-2016 International Military Technical Forum, September 2016. |
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"A number of foreign customers, including United Arab Emirates representatives, are showing interest in advanced Uran-9 robotic systems. However, the Russian side has not yet received an official request for delivery," Shugaev said.
The Uran -9 was unveiled for the first time to the public during Army 2016, the International Military Technical Forum that was held near Moscow in September 2016. The Uran-9 is an unmanned ground vehicle with a weight of 10 tons equipped an unmanned turret aims automatically to engage ground and aerial targets in order to protect strategic facilities and minimize battlefield casualties. The robot is operated by only one man and it can be remotely controlled at maximum distance of 3,000 m. At Army 2016, The Uran-9 was armed with a 30mm Shipunov 2A72 automatic cannon, four ready-to-launch 9M120-1 Ataka (NATO reporting name: Spiral-2) anti-tank guided missiles (ATGM), six ready-to-launch Shmel-M reactive flamethrowers. and a 7.62mm Kalashnikov PKT/PKTM coaxial machine gun mounted to the left side of the main armament. The Uran-9 can be also armed with four Igla surface-to-air missiles. |
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