00:47 13.06.2017
The Russian Defense Ministry and the JSC
"KBP Instrument Design Bureau named after Academician A. Shipunov"
have concluded a contract for the delivery of the Pantsir-S air defense
systems.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Russian Defense
Ministry and the JSC "KBP Instrument Design Bureau named
after Academician A. Shipunov" have concluded a contract for the
delivery of another batch of the Pantsir-S air defense systems, the
Foreign Ministry said in a statement on Monday.
"As part of the implementation
of the state defense order GOZ-2017, the Russian Defense Ministry and the
JSC 'KBP Instrument Design Bureau named after Academician
A.Shipunov' signed the contract for the delivery of the next serial
batch of the Pantsir-S gun-missile air defense systems," the ministry's
statement read.
Under the agreement Pantsir-S systems will be
transferred to the Defense Ministry until the end of 2018, the
ministry said.
The Pantsir-S (SA-22 Greyhound) is a Russian
short-to-medium range surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon
system, which first entered service in 2012 and will gradually replace the
Tunguska self-propelled anti-aircraft weapon.
Source: sputniknews.com
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