MOSCOW (Pakistan Point News / Sputnik - 20th August, 2018) Russia plans to carry out acceptance tests of a modernized Pantsir-SM surface-to-air missile and anti-aircraft artillery weapon system with an extended range before the end of 2019, while the flight tests for an upgraded systems missile may take place this year, CEO of Russian state corporation Rostec Sergey Chemezov told Sputnik.
"Flight tests of the upgraded missile are expected to take place before the end of the fourth quarter of this year. We cannot disclose its characteristics, I will only note that it will outdo its predecessor in several parameters," Chemezov said.
As for the acceptance testing of the new missile system, the executive said that "we expect to complete them before the end of 2019."
