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8 / Military-technical cooperation

HEIGHTENED INTEREST
A series of recent events across the globe shows
According to the Russian special arms exporter that the means of combating reconnaissance
Rosoboronexport, heightened interest in and attack unmanned aerial vehicles, which
Russian air defence systems is expected during are increasingly used by terrorists to destroy
the exhibition, which have proven themselves or disable critical infrastructure, are starting to
in real-life hostilities. This mainly concerns the play centre stage in terms of ways to protect
S-400 „Triumph“ anti-aircraft missile system, sovereignty and strengthen the country’s
the „Pantsir-S1 (C1M)“ anti-aircraft missile and defensive capabilities.
cannon system, the „Buk“ and „Tor“ families of
anti-aircraft missile systems, and the portable In the global arms market, the potential of
anti-aircraft missile systems „Igla-S”, „Verba“, this niche is estimated at billions of dollars,
„Cornet”. while the damage from ignoring such a threat

Creation of the UAV „Orion“ stem from the experimental design work dubbed
„Inohodets“ and is conducted by the „Kronstadt“ company. The created
unmanned aerial vehicle belongs to the medium-altitude aircraft class of long
flight duration. It is assumed that the maximum flight duration will amount to at
least 24 hours, with the flight ceiling reaching about 8 thousand meters.