Tor M2 Short Range Air Defense System

The Tor missile system (Russian: Тор; English: torus) is an allweather low to medium altitude, shortrange surfacetoair missile system designed for destroying airplanes, helicopters, cruise missiles, precision guided munitions, unmanned aerial vehicles and shortrange ballistic threats (antimunitions). Originally developed by the Soviet Union under the GRAU designation 9K330 Tor, the system is commonly known by its NATO reporting name, SA15 Gauntlet. A navalized variant was developed under the name 3K95 Kinzhal, also known as the SAN9 Gauntlet. Tor was also the first air defence system in the world designed from the start to shoot down precision guided weapons like the AGM86 ALCM day and night, in bad weather and jamming can detect targets while on the move. The development of the Tor missile system started on 4 February 1975, in response to the directives of the Central Committee of the CPSU. Initiated as a successor to the 9K33 O