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| Monday, January
23, 2012, 04:44 PM |
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armed forces will receive 30 DT-30 tracked carrier and 100 Pantsir-S1 air
defense system. |
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Russian Air Force will receive over 30 Vityaz and 100 Pantsir-S
air defense systems by 2020, spokesman Col. Vladimir Drik said on Monday,
January 23, 2012. “We are planning to acquire by 2020 more than
100 short-range Pantsir-S and over 30 mid-range Vityaz systems to rearm
air defense units,” Drik said. |
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Pantsir-S1
SA-22 Greyhound Air defense missile - gun system (Credit photo Vitaly
Kuzmin)
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Pantsir-S
(NATO code SA-22 Geyhound) is a short-to-medium range combined
surface-to-air missile and antiaircraft artillery system designed to protect
point and area targets.
It carries up to 12 two-stage solid-fuel surface-to-air missiles in sealed
ready-to-launch containers and has two dual 30 mm automatic cannons that
can engage targets at a range of up to 4 km.
The Vityaz is expected to replace the outdated S-300PS systems, whose
service life is coming to an end in the next two years.
The Vityaz will complement the Morfey, the S-400 and the S-500 air defense
systems in the future aerospace defense network to engage targets at ranges
from five to 400 kilometers, and at altitudes from five meters to near
space.
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Russian DT-30
Vityaz articulated tracked vehicle |
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