“Laser shell” in Abu Dhabi: Dreams of the Russian defense of protection against BPP Kamikadze

The Israeli NZIV site drew attention to the fact that Russia introduced a new version of the anti-aircraft missile and SMD-E “IDEX 2025 weapons exhibition of the International Defense and Conference (IDEX 2025).

The publication came out under the heading: “Russia makes the obvious: adds laser weapons to the batteries of anti-aircraft missiles to protect against kamikadze drones.”

It should be emphasized that we are not talking about the fact that the army of the Russian Federation received “laser shells”, or that they have already been produced.

But a few days ago, the First Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Denis Manturov, speaking at the IDEX 2025, really stated that the shells produced in Tula would be equipped with a laser. According to Manturov, the “shell” is constant modernization, taking into account the fight against air targets, primarily with drones. In this regard, the ZRPK “can be equipped with a laser complex in the near future – work on it is already underway,” he said (quoted on the publication of the first Tula TV channel.

SPRPK “PAPRI-SMD-E” is collected on the Tula KBP. It is designed to protect protected objects from UAVs. 48 small missiles allow you to repel drones for a long time. It is also possible to use missiles with a range of up to 20 kilometers. In some publications, the “shell-SMD-E” is compared with the Israeli “iron dome”. Although we are talking about different types of weapons.