Russia has started developing new version of Buk air defense missile system

The V.V. Tikhomirova Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design has announced plans for a new version of the Buk air defense missile system.

9M317 surface-to-air missile of Buk-M2E
By Yuriy Lapitskiy (originally posted to Flickr as 9M317) [CC BY-SA 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons

“The management of Almaz-Antey Group has set the task of working out proposals on further developing the Buk antiaircraft missile systems. We’ll prepare and submit these proposals jointly with the Group to the Defense Ministry,” Institute Chief Yuri Bely said.

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