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Naval
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TOR-M2U
Short-Range Air Defense Systems To Be Fitted On Russian Navy Vessels |
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Russian
Navy vessels will be fitted with a naval version of the short-range
anti-missile system "Tor-M2U." This was stated by a JSC IEMZ
Kupol (Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant affilitated to Almaz-Antey the
designer and builder of the system) representative in an interview with
Russian media RIA Novosti. |
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Naval version of Tor-M2 as shown by Almaz-Antey during IMDS 2013 naval
defence exhibition |
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"We work closely with the Russian Navy to
establish maritime modifications of Tor-M2U complex. I hope that we
will be able to present this work at maritime defense exhibition
in St. Petersburg this year " [ed. note: IMDS 2015], - said
Kartashov, the company representative.
He noted that the JSC
IEMZ Kupol will present their solutions to fit the Tor system
on ships of various sizes.
The Tor-M2 is an upgraded version of the Tor-M1 short-range air defense
missile system. The Tor-M2 / M2E is designed to attack aircraft, helicopters,
UAVs, guided missiles and other components of high precision weapons
flying at medium, low and extremely low (5 meters) altitudes in adverse
air and jamming environment.
Tor-M2U is the latest version of this family developed in the late 2000s
was recently supplied to the armed forces of Russia. The system is armed
with eight 9M331 missiles and can track up to 48 targets at speeds up
to 700 meters per second, simultaneously firing four of them.
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Naval version of Tor-M2 as shown by Almaz-Antey during IMDS 2013 naval
defence exhibition