Russia to develop naval version of TOR-M2 air defense missile system for Russian Navy Russia to develop naval version of TOR-M2 air defense missile system for Russian Navy Wednesday, 10 February 2021 21:04
According to information published by the Russian press agency TASS on February 10, 2020, the Russian defense industry to develop a naval version of its Tor-M2 air defense missile system for the Russian Navy.
The Tor-M2 has already been tested onboard a Russian navy ship. (Picture source Russia Defence Forum)
The Tor air defense missile system was created in late 1970s by the Moscow Electro-Mechanical Research Institute (NIEMI). It was accepted into service in the spring of 1986. Tor has to engage in air and missile defense at the battalion level. It can defend important administrative, economic, and military facilities, as well as first echelons of ground formations against antiradar and cruise missiles. The complex can control the airspace and automatically do