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Russia Upgrades Missiles and Guided Bombs
Russia’s Tactical Missile Corp. displayed this  250-kg ‘smart’ bomb with thermal imaging guidance at the recent Moscow Air Show. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)
Russia’s Tactical Missile Corp. displayed this 250-kg ‘smart’ bomb with thermal imaging guidance at the recent Moscow Air Show. (Photo: Vladimir Karnozov)

A surface-to-air version of the Vympel R-77 AAM was displayed at the recent MAKS 2013 Moscow Air Show. The SAM system was developed jointly by Almaz-Antei and Tactical Missile Corp. (Russian acronym TRV). Housed in a container weighing 360 pounds, the weapon has a firing range greater than 10 miles and a ceiling of more than 30,000 feet. “A number of foreign customers have repeatedly asked us for this application of the missile,” said Boris Obnosov, TRV general director.

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