Pantsyr-ME air defense missile/gun system
December 26, 18:21UTC+3
A Project 22800 Karakurt corvette is expected
to be the first to receive the Pantsyr-ME
ST. PETERSBURG, December 26. /TASS/. Russia’s latest seaborne Pantsyr-ME air defense missile/gun system will be tested on the land and at sea next year, Almaz Central Marine Design Bureau CEO Alexander Shlyakhtenko told TASS on Tuesday.
"It will be tested from next year, first on the
land-based stand and then it will be delivered to one of the ships," the
chief executive said, replying to the corresponding question.
Shlyakhtenko earlier told TASS that the Pantsyr-ME would
be mounted on a Project 1241 Molniya missile corvette and undergo trials in the
Black Sea.
As CEO of High Precision Systems Corporation Alexander
Denisov said, the trials are expected to be completed in a year or two and the
Russian Navy has already ordered this seaborne air defense missile complex.
A Project 22800 Karakurt corvette is expected to be the
first to receive the Pantsyr-ME.
The Pantsyr-ME is the shipborne version of the Pantsyr
air defense missile/gun system. Its land-based version is called Pantsyr-S. The
seaborne version can be outfitted with missiles from the land-based variant and
also with the promising Germes-K missile, which can be guided by a drone. The
Pantsyr-ME is set to replace the Kortik system.
Original post: tass.com
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