The weapon was indeed constructed in 1979 to replace the aging 2K12 Kub system from the previous decade. The designers of the 9K37 Buk aimed to create a weapon capable of intercepting difficult ...
These include the advanced 2K12 Kub/Kvadrat (‘Fater-1’), S-75 and S-125 SAMS, pickup truck-launched R-60s, Strela and Igla MANPADS, ZU-23 cannons, UHF, G/H band and altimeter radars.