 Ukrainian forces destroy Russian's book missile system using Himmars. The Ukrainian defence forces detected Russian book surface-to-air missile system in the Kursan direction and targeted it with Himmars. Reports the Centre for Strategic Communications of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In the Kursan direction, units of the Ukrainian security service tracked down an enemy book surface-to-air missile system. The report stated, it notes that they relayed the coordinates to the Ukrainian armed forces. Recently, a successful strike was carried out using Himmars. The book Air Defence Missile System was developed to replace the previous Kub. Its industrial designation is 9K37. Its reporting name in the West is SA-11 or GADFLY. Development of the system commenced in 1972. It was a successor to the Kub M3. It entered service with the Soviet Army in 1980. The book has been exported to a number of countries. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a number of air defence systems were passed on to successor states. Currently, Russia operates around 350 of these systems. Other operators are Azerbaijan, Belarus, Cyprus, Egypt, Finland, Georgia, India, North Korea, Ukraine, Syria, Vietnam and Venezuela. The air defence system can defeat manoeuvring aircraft and helicopters flying at low or high altitude when the enemy uses electronic countermeasures. Newer versions of the book can also engage ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, anti-radiation missiles, smart bombs and unmanned aerial vehicles.