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    RUSSIA DEVELOPING NEW LONG-RANGE ROCKET SYSTEMS

    November 19, 2012 - 14:35 AMT

    PanARMENIAN.Net - Russia is developing new long-range multiple-launch
    rocket systems (MLRS) with improved guidance that could allow them to
    strike targets up to 120 miles (200 km) away, the Defense Ministry's
    artillery spokesman said on Monday, Nov 19, according to RIA Novosti.

    "We have the military-technical potential to create a new generation
    of MLRS with a range of 200 km," Lt. Col. Nikolai Donyushkin said.

    Russia's artillery currently deploys the 122-mm Grad, 220-mm Uragan,
    and 300-mm Smerch rocket systems and the improved Tornado-S, Tornado-G,
    and Uragan 1-M are currently undergoing state acceptance trials. The
    army is in the process of receiving up to 30 Tornado-G systems this
    year, replacing the BM-21 Grad.

    The improved Tornado-S is being upgraded with the special GLONASS
    satellite navigation system used in the Smerch missile system,
    Donyushkin said. The Tornado-S will have guided rocket rounds enabling
    it to fire out to 72 miles (120 km).

    "The Tornado-S will have a longer range and increased effectiveness
    thanks to greater accuracy and the use of new warhead payloads and
    a reduced launch readiness time of just three minutes," he said.

    The army is gradually moving toward a new level of capability for
    deploying precision use of long-range rocket artillery, he said.

    "Massed use of high-precision weapons makes it possible to be certain
    of destroying high-value targets before they can be used on the
    battlefield by main-force groups. Fewer rounds need to be fired,
    simplifying logistics," he added.

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