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"Cornet" in action: Kostroma paratroopers show off modernized anti-tank missile system

Now its operator is safe, and aiming has become much easier

The Russian Ministry of Defense has shown the operation of the modernized Kornet anti-tank missile system. Its technical characteristics have significantly increased, and the operator's work itself has become safer.

The Kornet ATGM was considered one of the strongest ground-based anti-tank weapons in Russia even before the modernization.<br> Image source: press service of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation.<br>

The Kornet is designed to destroy modern and advanced tanks with dynamic protection, pillboxes and bunkers, mortars, manpower, and even hovering enemy helicopters. Its thermobaric missiles can hit targets at a distance of up to ten kilometers.

However, the already serious Kornet ATGM was modernized for faster completion of combat missions.

The Kornet received a camera, electronic launch, and thermal imager. The controls themselves have also changed, so the operator can work remotely, in cover.

The controls are simple: a joystick, a trigger button.

The Kornet ATGM works in any weather, in snow, fog, and heat.