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Saturday, December 13, 2014

Russian tactical missiles are still among the best

KH-31PM (AS-17 Krypton)Russia is keeping pace with the U.S. in the field of long-range precision tactical weaponry, and in some areas it even has an advantage.

RIR presents three main new missiles that will be employed by the Russian armed forces starting 2015.

The KH-35U Uran
Russia’s principal new defense product is the winged KH-35U Uran missile. Its special feature is its unique self-guided head, which is immune to enemy radar interference. It works in two modes: active, when the missile turns on its guiding head for a split second to find the target, and passive, when it does not scan the space around it to detect the target, but merely perceives the impulses emitted by the target.

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