Russia test armor -s missile and artillery combined with short-range air defense
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The Russian Defense Ministry said, according to RIA Novosti website reported on October 20, 2012, October 19, Russia successfully in a test field in the northern part of the use of armor-S short-range air defense systems fired two missiles to shoot down a cruise missile. While cruise missiles launched by the Figure-95MS Bear strategic bombers target a building in the 800 km (500 miles) away.
The Department of Defense said in a statement, "armor"-S fired two missiles hit the target, and to prevent the building destroyed. The Field Firing practice of Pemboy test have confirmed the high performance of new air defense systems. "The system had only been simulated cruise missile target test due to the small size of cruise missiles, fast-moving, can be flying at low altitude and low infrared and radar signatures, therefore shoot down considerable difficulty.
"Armor"-S was developed by the Russian KBP Instrument Design Bureau, is to move a high machine gun combined automotive systems, fire control radar and electro-optical sensor, two 30 mm cannon and up to 12 57E6 short-range radio command guided missiles against a variety of low-flying targets. "Armor"-S system can use the missiles to hit 20 kilometers (12 miles) outside the target, the use of artillery against four kilometers (2.5 miles) outside the target.
The Russian Defense Ministry has so far Aerospace Defense Force ordered 100 sets of armor-S system, is expected to be delivered in the next few years. The export version of the armor-S1 system has been sold to the United Arab Emirates, Syria and Algeria. Recently, Russia and Iraq signed a $ 4.2 billion weapons contract to provide 50 sets of the armor-S1 system.