Ukraine destroyed a rare Russian Arctic air defense system for the first time

Ukrainian artillery destroyed a rare Russian TOR-M2DT air defense system for the first time in the entire history of the platform’s service, the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine reports.

Ukrainian gunners fired at the TOR-M2DT after the drone scouted the location of the complex.

‘Arctic air defense system TOR-M2DT became a star of Russian television when it was sent to Ukraine.’ It was burning brightly, a fire extinguisher will not help,’ said the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The second TOR-M2DT was destroyed on Friday, according to Ukraine Weapons Tracker, an open-source intelligence project by Caliber Obscura. It claimed that these incidents were the first confirmed cases of systems being destroyed.

The project stated that both Tor-M2DTs were destroyed in Kherson by M982 Excalibur guided projectiles. The Excalibur projectiles are 155mm GPS-guided projectiles that were provided to Ukraine as part of US defense packages.

Tor-M2DT is the Arctic version of the Tor-M2 anti-aircraft missile system. Tor-M2 is designed to intercept attacks by cruise missiles that plan bombs, planes, helicopters and drones. It has a range of 12 km and an altitude range of 10 km.

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