Past, progress and perspectives of middle-range guided missile mobile air-defense complexes for land forces

Аuthors

Pigin E. A.

JSC «V. Tikhomirov Scientific Research Institute of Instrument Design» (JSC NIIP), 3,Gagarin str, Zhukovsky, 140180, Russia

Abstract

A brief history is outlined for developments carried out at the Tikhomirov Research Institute for Instrument Making (RIIM) including activities performed in close collaboration with the MAI. In the beginning radar systems was developed for interceptors then energies of RIIM was switched to development of guided missile mobile air-defense complexes for land forces. A description of main features and performances are given for the air-defense complexes «Kub», «Buk» as well as for their various versions which was developed and produced the NIIR in cooperation with some other enterprises of Soviet and Russian aerospace industry.