MOSCOW, December 5. /TASS/. The Instrument Design Bureau within High Precisions Systems Holding Company (part of the state tech corporation Rostec) has fulfilled the 2023 defense procurement plan for the delivery of Pantsyr-S anti-aircraft missile/artillery systems to Russian troops ahead of schedule, the Company’s press office reported on Tuesday.

"The Design Bureau of Instrument-Making within High Precision Systems has fulfilled the 2023 defense procurement plan for the delivery of Pantsyr-S air defense systems ahead of time. Today the Tula-based enterprise keeps rolling out Pantsyr systems ahead of schedule," the press office said in a statement on its Telegram channel.

The Pantsyr surface-to-air missile/gun system engineered by the Shipunov Design Bureau of Instrument-Making is designed to shield military, administrative and industrial facilities and areas from enemy aircraft, helicopters, cruise missiles and precision weapons and to boost air defenses in repelling massive air strikes. The Russian Army operates the Pantsyr-S1 modification with a multi-channel system of locking on and tracking targets. It is capable of striking aerial targets flying at a speed of up to 1,000 m/s and at a distance of 200 meters to 20 km.