The Russian armed forces began receiving a salvo fire system comparable to the American HIMARS systems, writes Pravda.ru with reference to a military expert on this matter.
“The military special operation showed the importance of high-precision weapons. The Russian army is armed with Kalibr and Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missiles, which makes the Russian Federation a world leader. However, one can only envy the HIMARS systems that are in service with the Armed Forces of Ukraine,” Pravda journalists note.
The good news, according to Russian journalists: before the start of the war on February 24, Moscow’s forces had 20 Tornado-S multiple-launch systems, and now Russian forces have begun to receive new “active deliveries” of these weapons.
In this regard, “Pravda” quotes a “military expert”, the editor of “Arsenal Patrie” magazine Oleksiy Lenkov, who claims that these Russian volley fire systems are “a kind of analogue” of the American HIMARS and “soon will become the main type of weapons” that the armed forces The Russian Federation will use it for missile strikes.
The cited military expert claims that Russian systems are better than NATO ones
In this regard, Lenkov also states that the modernization of two types of missiles to “increase the accuracy” of the Tornado-S systems, developed by the Russian arms industry in the 2000s and officially adopted by the Moscow armed forces, is underway. in 2011.
“When these systems are worked out according to the principle of ‘one shot – one tank,’ I think their mass production will finally be ready,” he added.
He also noted the importance of increasing the survivability of Russian systems, “although by this indicator we are ahead of similar systems of NATO countries.”
“But we need to increase the characteristics to even more impressive values,” the Russian military expert emphasizes.
“In general, the focus is now on creating reliable weapons and high-precision ammunition. They should become the main type of ammunition. If such mass production is established, it will generally reduce their cost price,” he added.
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