On the sidelines of the Dubai Airshow 2025, Russian state-owned technology corporation Rostec introduced new air defense solutions to counter threats from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
One of them is the new generation Pantsir-SMD-E air defense missile system developed based on the Pantsir-S1 air defense missile-gun system. In addition, Rostec also brought to Dubai a low-altitude surveillance radar model dedicated to anti-UAV missions.
The upgraded Pantsir version was developed as a precision strike weapon to counter UAV threats. The main task of this complex is to protect industrial and government facilities, and is capable of destroying all types of low-altitude targets. Each system can carry up to 48 miniature short-range guided surface-to-air missiles or 12 standard missiles.
Mr. Bekhan Ozdoev, Director of the development of weapons complexes of Rostec said:
“The Pantsir-SMD-E version attracted a lot of attention from our foreign partners at the Dubai exhibition. This shows that the threat from large-scale UAV attacks has now become an unprecedented security challenge in the world .”
According to Rostec, Pantsir-SMD-E also provides a more flexible solution for the task of protecting important targets because it can be deployed on the roofs of buildings or at specially prepared locations. The ammunition load can be increased to 48 miniature missiles, helping to effectively repel large-scale UAV attacks and provide reliable protection for various facilities.
Meanwhile, the Pantsir-SMD-E is a new generation airspace surveillance radar system with a compact design that weighs only about 45 kg. The operating range of this radar model is up to 7.5 km and can detect and track small flying targets up to UAVs.
Russia's Pantsir short-range air defense system has long established its position in the field of space defense, especially with its ability to deal with a variety of targets from missiles, artillery shells to unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs).
In the context of UAV attacks increasing in number and complexity, Russia's Rostec defense corporation has developed and begun supplying a new mini missile, codenamed TKB-1055, specially designed for the Pantsir-SMD-E system, to improve effectiveness against UAV threats.
The TKB-1055 missile was first introduced at the World Defense Exhibition 2024 in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and later appeared at the Fleet-2024 exhibition in Kronstadt, Russia.
It is a short-range anti-aircraft guided missile, optimized to destroy small targets such as UAVs, with a maximum range of about 7km, compared to 20km of the standard 57E6-E missile on previous Pantsir variants.
The highlight of the TKB-1055 is its compact size, allowing the Pantsir-SMD-E system to carry a significantly larger number of ammunition, up to 48 missiles in a combat module, compared to 12 57E6-E missiles on older versions.
This provides a significant advantage in “ammunition capacity”, allowing the system to effectively deal with simultaneous attacks from multiple UAVs, an increasingly common scenario in modern warfare.
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