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Russia shows off Arctic tech in 2017 Victory Day parade

Russia put its massive military on full display in a Moscow parade on Tuesday, an annual event commemorating the end of World War II in Europe. Nominally meant for a Russian audience, the Kremlin is hoping the parade chock full of high-end military tech will wow rivals in the West who are watching, too.

Russia shows off Arctic tech in 2017 Victory Day parade

    Russian Arctic-ready military equipment, including the Pantsir-SA surface-to-air missile complex and the Tor-M2DT anti-aircraft missile system, debuted at the 2017 Victory Day parade on Moscow's Red Square, Tuesday.

Russia shows off Arctic tech in 2017 Victory Day parade

    The Tor M2-DT is the Arctic version of the Tor M2, a short-range, surface-to-air missile system, with a missile range of about eight miles (12.87-kilometre).

Russia shows off Arctic tech in 2017 Victory Day parade

    The Pantsir-SA has six missile launchers and can reportedly destroy targets at a range of up to 20 km (12.42 miles).

Russia shows off Arctic tech in 2017 Victory Day parade

    This year, more than 130 pieces of modern military hardware crossed Red Square: Tigr multipurpose vehicles, T-90 and Armata tanks, BTR-82A armoured personnel carriers, BMP-3 infantry combat vehicles, Msta-S self-propelled howitzers, and Buk-M2 and Yars air defence system.

Russia shows off Arctic tech in 2017 Victory Day parade

    The arctic missiles are optimized for working in the freezing temperatures and placed on the DT-30 Vityaz transporters. The vehicles apply less pressure per square inch to the snow than a soldiers booth. The Pantsir-SA and Tor-M2DT will be the only types of military hardware to roll across Red Square donning winter camouflage.

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