SPYDER will replace four batteries of obsolete 2K12 Kub air-defence systems of the Czech Air Force's 25th Anti-Aircraft Missile Regiment by the end of 2026, according to the Czech MoD.

Building on this, the Raad-2 system offers an evolution from its Soviet-era 2K12 Kub predecessor, reconfigured to meet the demands of engaging contemporary cruise missiles with precision and agility.

The Houthi rebels have a wealth of inherited air defence systems. These include the advanced 2K12 Kub/Kvadrat (‘Fater-1’), S-75 and S-125 SAMS, pickup truck-launched R-60s, Strela and Igla ...

Vadym Ivchenko, a member of Ukraine’s parliamentary Committee on National Security said Ukraine needs the AH-1Z helicopters in the provinces of Donetsk, ...

WARSAW, Poland — As Slovakia’s government wobbles over the previous Cabinet’s plan to buy 12 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters from the United States, Ukrainian officials are intensifying their ...

Slovakia operates the medium-range 2K12 KUB system, which was at the end of its life cycle, the defence ministry said in a document released on Wednesday.

Plugging the defense gap. Serbia recently acquired essential components for its 2K12 Kub air defense system from Hungary. The deal includes procurement of target detection and tracking radar stations, ...

The Soviet Union rapidly iterated on the 2K12, between 1967-1977 developing improved Kub-M1, M3 and M4 variants (but no Kub-M2; that’s the Czech modernization).