The Russian company “Rostec” has begun to design a portable long-range air defense missile system. “Rostec” designers have begun to work on raising the hit -probability of Russian MANPAD systems.
It is noteworthy that the company “Ultra-Accurate Systems” currently produces two types of portable air defense systems, “Igla-S” and “Verba”. The “Verpa”, equipped with a tri-spectral guidance head, is one of the most recent. It can hit drones in the field of thermal waves. Its operating range is 6 km, and it can hit targets that fly at an altitude of up to 3.5 km.