Kupol Plant to manufacture Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems for Russian Armed Forces
16.08.2023
The Russian Defence Ministry has signed a contract with Kupol Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant for the supply of Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile systems. Lieutenant General Anatoly Gulyaev, Head of the Russian Armed Forces' Main Armament Directorate, and the Kupol's Director Fanil Ziyatdinov signed the relevant document on the margins of the ARMY 2023 Forum.
'Tor' (NATO codification - Gauntlet) is a short-range anti-aircraft missile system, manufactured by Kupol IEMZ (part of JSC Concern VKO 'Almaz-Antey'). It is designed to cover the first echelons of land formations from the strikes of anti-radar and cruise missiles, planning bombs, aircraft, helicopters and UAVs, including those combined in swarms.
The complex has been upgraded three times during its lifetime: to the Tor-M1 level in 1991, Tor-M2U in 2009, and Tor-M2 in 2016. Starting with the Tor-M2U, the complexes are capable of engaging targets while moving at speeds of up to 40 km/h with the defending forces on the march or in mobile combat without restricting their manoeuvre.
The ADMS can independently control the airspace in the area of responsibility and shoot down all air targets not recognised by the friend-or-foe system. The latest modification, the Tor-M2, has 16 vertical-launch anti-aircraft missiles with a range of up to 12 kilometres and an altitude range of up to 10 kilometres. The upgraded radar system is capable of detecting air targets at a distance of up to 32 km, and the radar detects even aircrafts with stealth technologies.
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