PATRIOT PARK /Moscow Region/, August 16. /TASS/. Russian-made Igla-S and Verba man-portable air defense systems (MANPADS) are attracting a great deal of attention worldwide, Rosoboronexport’s head Alexander Mikheyev told TASS on the sidelines of the Army-2023 forum.

"Russian air defense systems are now holding the top slots in all segments of the global market," he said. "Long-range S-400 Triumf and Antey-4000 are effective against large targets; S-350E Vityaz, Viking and Buk protect military and civilian objects in the medium range, while systems like Pantsir and Tor - in the short range. Moreover, Verba and Igla-S MANPADS are also attracting a great deal of attention worldwide," he said.

Mikheyev added that Almaz-Antey Group and the High Precision Systems (a holding company within the Russian state-owned Rostec group) manufacture the entire range of air defense systems. Rosoboronexport offers such systems for various ranges and different tasks, he said.

The Army 2023 international military-technical forum is running at the Patriot Congress and Exhibition Center, the Alabino training ground and the Kubinka airfield outside Moscow on August 14-20. About 1,500 leading Russian defense enterprises and 85 foreign companies and businesses from seven countries are participating in the forum’s expositions and business program. The forum has been organized by the Russian Defense Ministry. TASS is the forum’s strategic media partner.