The
Russian navy will receive new advanced surface-to-air missile (SAM)
systems next year, a defense industry executive said Monday. Shtil vertical-launch
modular air-defense systems are designed for a series of six Project
11356 frigates now under construction, and can effectively engage any
existing and future combat aircraft, Maxim Kuzyuk, general director
of the Aviatsionnoye Oborudovaniye (Aircraft Equipment) holding, told
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