Ukrainian Armed Forces destroy Russian Strela-10 surface-to-air missile system with cluster munitions

The Ukrainian Defence Forces have hit a Russian Strela-10 surface-to-air missile system. It is designed to intercept air threats at low altitudes.

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The launcher was destroyed by soldiers of the 44th separate artillery brigade of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Zaporizhzhya region. They used fragmentation-fugitive shells and cluster munitions.

"Strela-10" uses 9M37 anti-aircraft missiles. The air defence system can destroy targets within a radius of 5km. The maximum intercept altitude of the air threat is 3.5 kilometres.

Source: @UAWeapons