Air-defence
Anti-aircraft protection of important targets is provided by Crotale anti-aircraft missile systems mounted on Sisu Pasi armoured vehicles, ASRAD-R anti-aircraft missile system mounted on Unimog 5000 trucks and by Swiss Oerlikon 35 mm twin-barrel AA guns. Helsinki and other important targets are protected by the late-generation Soviet SAM missile system BUK M1 (SA-11). Close-range anti-aircraft support for troops is provided by 23 mm twin-barrel AA guns (Soviet-made ZU-23-2), shoulder-fired Igla-M missiles. The SA-18 SAMs are scheduled to be replaced by the early 2010s. Possible candidates for the job are, MBDA Mistral, Saab Bolide, FIM-92 Stinger, SA-24 Igla-S, PZR GROM (SA-18) and LIG Nex1 Chiron.
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