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unusual facts about Kashtan CIWS


Kashtan

Kashtan is also the name of a Russian combined artillery-missile anti-air system mainly used on naval ships or stationary turrets.


Talwar-class frigate

The frigates are armed with a new 3M-54 Klub attack anti-ship system with a vertical missile launcher, Shtil-1 multi-channel medium-range surface-to-air missile system (an export version of the SA-N-12 "Grizzly"), a Kashtan anti-aircraft missile and artillery system, a RBU-6000 depth charge launcher and Puma-Universal artillery system.


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