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Russia to sell six multi launch rocket systems to Turkmenistan
MOSCOW, June 24 (RIA Novosti) - Turkmenistan has signed a $70 million contract
with Russia to buy six Smerch multi launch rocket systems (MLRS), a Russian
business daily said on Tuesday.
Kommersant said that under the contract, the first major military-technical
deal with Ashgabat in the past decade, the Smerch manufacturer, OAO
Motovilikhinskiye Zavody, will deliver the first two systems before the end of
this year and the other four next year.
The manufacturer said it would also complete deliveries of Smerch systems to
India in July under a $300 million contract.
The plant previously supplied 30 Smerch systems to India, worth an estimated
$450 million.
The 300mm Smerch rocket has an effective range of 70-90km. One rocket cluster
contains 72 submunitions, each weighing 2 kg. Its impact angle is strictly
vertical: 90 degrees.
A cone of such "meteorites" easily pierces the turrets and top shielding of
armored personnel carriers, infantry fighting vehicles, self-propelled gun
mounts, and even tank transmission compartments where the armor is not thick.
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