# Ethiopia acquires Russian made Pantsir S1 short-range SAM

- Link: https://www.military.africa/2019/03/ethiopia-acquires-russian-made-pantsir-s1-short-range-sam/
- Published: 2019-03-20T14:48:02+01:00
- Author: Patrick Kenyette

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The Ethiopian military is now operating at least one Russian made Pantsir S1 short
range surface to air missile defense system, a video footage revealed. The Pantsir
S1 SAM was displayed during an Ethiopian Defense Day celebration held at the Bishofu
airbase in February.

The video footage revealed an improved Pantsyr-S1 with the bi-directional phased
array search radar: [a variant that was first exported to Algeria in 2010–12.](https://www.military.africa/2019/03/ethiopia-acquires-russian-made-pantsir-s1-short-range-sam/military.africa/2018/07/algerian-military-displays-the-russian-made-pantsir-sm-advanced-air-defence-system-in-live-fire-exercise-sakhr-2018)
An older S-125 air defence system and ‘Spoon Rest’ and ‘Tin Shield’ surveillance
radars – all of which were previously known to be in Ethiopian service – were also
displayed during the event.

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