Russian Eastern Military District to receive Tor-M2U surface-to-air missile systems TASS 30607161

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Russian Eastern Military District to receive Tor-M2U surface-to-air missile systems
An armour unit of the Eastern Military District (EMD) stationed in Buryatia has received Tor-M2U (NATO reporting name: SA-15 Gauntlet) surface-to-air missile (SAM) systems, according to the EMD`s press department.
     
     
"The SAM systems (Tor-M2U) were delivered after the successful firing exercises at the Kapustin Yar range (Astrakhan Region)," a EMD`s official spokeperson said. The crews from the armour unit have been taught how to operate Tor-M2U systems at the Eisk (Krasnodar Region) training center. The servicemen have mastered the operation of the new military equipment, the reloading process and the search/detection of aerial targets.

Previously, the EMD`s official notified that Tor-M2Us would replace ageing Osa-AK (SA-8 Gecko) SAM systems in service with the district`s units.

The TOR-M2U is an upgraded version of the TOR-M2 short-range air defense missile system. The TOR-M2U is equipped with a new battlefield missile system with better algorithms to recognize, classify and prioritize targets and able to engage four threats simultaneously. The TOR-M2U is especially designed to protect the most important military and civil objects from air strikes carried out using aircraft, helicopters, cruising missiles, guided missiles, aerial guided and non-guided bombs, UAVs, etc. under any lighting and weather conditions.

The Russian army has take delivery of the first Tor-M2U missile systems at the end of 2014 with the system expected to achieve initial operational capability by late 2015 after completing the state's testing phase. The Tor-M2U newest anti-aircraft missile systems will be for the first time shown on May 9, 2014, in the Victory Parade in Moscow.
     
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