By IANS/RIA Novosti,
Moscow : The Russian Navy will soon receive a new ship-based missile air defence system, the developer of the system has said.
KBP Instrument Design Bureau said the system is dubbed Pantsyr-M.
“Pantsyr-M will replace the Kortik air defence systems and will be installed on all new classes of Russian combat ships, from corvettes to cruisers,” said Alexander Zhukov, a senior KBP official.
The system has a response time of 3-5 seconds and can track and destroy simultaneously up to four targets.
Its missiles have a range of 20 km and can hit targets at altitudes from two metres to 15 km, while its guns have a range of four km and can hit targets at altitudes up to three km.