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| Friday, January
11, 2013, 10:10 AM |
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| Second
battery of Russian-made TOR-M2 air defence system enters in service with
Belarus army. |
Belarus
has put the second battery of Russia's TOR-M2
air defense system into service, the Defense Ministry said
on Thursday, January 10, 2013. Deputy Defense Minister Igor Lotenkov added
that the military has also signed a contract for the delivery of the third
battery in 2013.
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The TOR-M2
system, designed by Russian defense company Almaz-Antey, was delivered
to Belarus as part of the government arms program for 2006-2015.
Like the first battery, which was delivered in 2011, the second battery
comprises four combat vehicles and is capable of simultaneously intercepting
16 targets flying from any directions at a speed of 700 meters per second
with a tactical range of 12 km and an altitude of 10 km.
As an upgraded version of the TOR-M1
missile system, the TOR-M2
doubles the number of targets that can be intercepted simultaneously
by each combat vehicle to four.
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