Article Posted on : - Apr 21, 2011

Stugna-P anti-tank missile system.

KIEV (BNS): Ukraine has acquired a new indigenously developed anti-tank missile system, RIA Novosti reported.

According to the Defence Ministry, the new system, Stugna-P, is capable of destroying low-altitude, slow-moving aerial targets.

The laser-guided system has a range of 4,000 meters and can penetrate armor up to 800 millimeters thickness, the report added.

Stugna-P has been designed and developed by Kiev-based Luch Design Bureau. The missile's design and development was funded jointly by the design bureau and the state arms exporter Ukrspetsexport.

Ukraine military has already given an initial order of 10 of the missiles.