The Russian military will start receiving the new Morfey short-range
air defense system in 2015, Deputy Defense Minister Col. Gen. Oleg
Ostapenko said on Wednesday.
Morfey, a mobile air defense system with an effective range of five
kilometers (three miles), has been in development since 2007.
“I think the first few systems will be put in service sometime in
2015,” Ostapenko, who is a former commander of the Russian Aerospace
Forces, told reporters in Moscow.
Morfey will complement the Vityaz, S-400
and S-500 air defense systems in a future aerospace defense network
able to engage targets at ranges from five to 400 kilometers, and at
altitudes from five meters to near space.
The medium-range Vityaz air defense system, which is due to replace the outdated S-300PS system, is still under development, Ostapenko said.
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