Tor is designed to detect and engage modern high-precision weapons, including cruise missiles and guided bombs. The Tor-M1s are deployed to protect Iranian state and military facilities from air attacks.

MOSCOW, January 29 (Sputnik)�� Russia's Izhevsk Electromechanical Plant Kupol is in�talks with�Iran on�modernizing the short range Tor-M1 (SA-15 Gauntlet) surface-to-air missile defense systems, the plant's assistant director general told RIA Novosti Thursday.
"Iran has been operating a large number of�our Tor-M1s. We [Iran and Russia] are holding talks about�a possible modernization of�the Tor-M1. We provide [Iran] with�spare parts and train personnel. The work continues," said Vyacheslav Kartashov, liaison for�military-technical cooperation and government contracts.

According to�Kartashov, Iranian experts "professionally operate" the Tor-M1 missile systems, and provide for�its maintenance.
"The equipment is in�an excellent combat condition. Perhaps, this is one of�the factors withholding the potential aggressor," he said.
Tor is designed to�detect and engage modern high-precision weapons, including cruise missiles and guided bombs. The Tor-M1s are deployed to�protect Iranian state and military facilities from�air attacks.

Russia completed the delivery of�29 Tor-M1 missiles to�Iran in�January 2007. In September 2010, Moscow joined the UN sanctions against�the country, prohibiting almost all arms trade, in�response to�Iran's controversial nuclear activities.

By Sputnik News

 

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