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Thursday, October 18, 2012

Russia to Test Pantsyr Gun System Against Cruise Missiles

Pantsyr-S1 Weapon System |The Russian armed forces are to carry out live firing tests of the Army's Pantsyr short-range gun-missile air defense system against cruise missile targets for the first time at a range in northern Russia, the Defense Ministry said on Wednesday.

"The Pantsyr will be tested in live attacks for the first time against real cruise missile targets on the range," a Defense Ministry source said.

The system has previously only been tested against practice targets imitating cruise missiles.

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