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MOSCOW, Oct. 26 -- Russia'sNorthernFleetwillreceiveitsfirstTor-M2DTairdefensemissilesystemsinNovember, localmediareportedFriday.
ThefirstbattalionofArcticversionofTor-M2DTairdefensemissilesystemswillenterservicewithairdefenseunitsinNovember, AlexanderLeonov, chiefoftheRussianLandForce'sAirDefenseLieutenant, wasquotedbyTASSnewsagencyassaying.
AccordingtoLeonov, theTor-M2 familyisthemostefficientmeansofcombatingalltypesofaerialtargets, includinglow-observableunmannedaerialvehicles (UAVs).
InJanuary, RussiandefenseministrysaidRussiantroopsinthefarnorthandtheArcticwillbeequippedwiththeTor-M2DTautonomousshort-rangeanti-aircraftmissilesystemintheyear.
TheTor-M2DTistheArcticversionoftheTor-M2 airdefensemissilesystem. Thesystemhas 16 vertically-launchedairdefensemissileswitharangeof 12 kmandanaltitudeupto 10,000 metersandcanoperateinmanualandautomaticmodes.
ItcanoperateinharshconditionsoftheArcticandtheExtremeNorthattemperaturesdowntominus 50 degreesCelsius.
RussiaisstrengtheningdefenseforcesintheArcticasithassteppedupeffortstoexploitresourcesintheregionandexploreapolarshippingroute.
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