Combat History
In a press conference regarding the 2008 South Ossetia War, Russian defence ministry spokesperson Anatoliy Nogovitsyn speculated about the use of the Tor missile system by Georgia against attacking Russian aircraft. The system suggested as a possible cause of the loss of a Tu-22MR strategic bomber, shot down by Georgian air-defences while on a reconnaissance mission during the conflict. While the loss of the bomber has also been attributed to the Buk-M1, which Georgia obtained from the Ukraine in 2007, if the loss can be attributed to Tor it would be the first time the (as yet unproven) system has seen combat use.
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