MOSCOW, Oct 23 - RIA Novosti. The Defence24 portal published an article by journalist Maximilian Dura, which talks about the alleged superiority of Polish weapons over Russian. At the same time, the author acknowledged that Warsaw uses Moscow's best practices in the development of portable anti-aircraft missile systems (MANPADS).
"No one in Poland hides that <...> MANPADS were created on the basis of knowledge gained by Polish designers and engineers during tests of Russian anti-aircraft installations," the article says.
The author decided to compare the Polish MANPADS Piorun and the Russian "Willow". In his opinion, Russia and Poland are allegedly competing as weapons.
The Russian Verba complex has a three-spectral homing head, which makes it possible to effectively hit such low-contrast targets in the thermal range as drones. The firing range of the "Willow" is six kilometers, the height of hitting targets is 3.5 kilometers.
