Is shtora better than trophy?

Short answer: nope. Long answer: active protection systems aren't force fields, therefore they won't offer a fail proof protection, for a number of reasons. First, no system is 100% effective. read more

Trophy, on the other hand, is a 'hard kill' system that disrupts incoming missiles with a focused blast something like a shotgun. It works against any missile or unguided rocket coming in with any fort of guidance or none. read more

If the US needs such system anytime in the future, they will use Trophy or a like system. Just a matter of incentive. read more

so I think the technology improved in 2005 and Trophy have to be better)) Arena's weight is 1000kg (including bulletproof armor) Shtora-1 is alittle bit complicated then Arena shtora is passive protection. read more