Three Pantsir-S missile systems on test in Russia's Arctic

ABU DHABI. KAZINFORM - Three Russian Pantsir-S surface-to-air missile sytems are currently being tested in the Arctic, the vice chief of the KBP Instrument Design Bureau Yuri Savenkov said Tuesday.

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The official said the modification of the missile system allows operating in condition of extremely low temperatures reaching 50 degrees Celcius below zero.

Savenkov also reminded that a sea-based modification of the system is to appear in 2016, Kazinform refers to Itar-tass.com.