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The system can strike an enemy’s vital facilities at considerable distances.
Here s What You Need to Know: The Tornado-S platform is a heavily upgraded version of the Smerch multiple rocket launcher.
The Russian military will be operating a new self-propelled multiple rocket launch system by the end of the decade, as the new Tornado-S large-caliber platform will blow out the older platforms.
Despite the age, the Russian Army has continued to use the outdated BM-27 Uragan self-propelled multiple rocket launcher system, which entered service with the Soviet Red Army in the late 1970s, along with the late 1980s’ BM-30 Smerch heavy multiple rocket launcher. Both platforms are set to be retired from service by late 2027.
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Updated: 26 Apr 2021, 11:18
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VLADIMIR Putin has staged a successful test of a mystery new anti-ballistic missile that could blast US space weapons to smithereens .
It comes as the Russian president aims to use his firepower to restore the country s tsarist empire, the Polish defence minister Mariusz Blaszczak claims.
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The new missile is ‘designed to blast US space weapons to bits’Credit: TV Zvezda
Moscow confirmed the successful missile check as it continues to flag its military prowess - despite announcing a partial troop pullback from areas bordering Ukraine.
Russia also highlighted training for a “storm of steel” by artillery forces in Saratov region.
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