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The 9K720 Iskander (Russian: «Искандер»; NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a Russian mobile short-range ballistic missile system. It has a range of 500 kilometres (270 nmi; 310 mi). It was intended to replace the OTR-21 Tochka in the Russian military by 2020.
It is equipped with the 9K720 Iskander surface-to surface missile. History. After a merge of two organizations in 1993, it traces its history to the creation of the ...
The 9K720 Iskander (NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone), a mobile theater ballistic missile system, is rolled out during the Victory Day parade, on May 9, 2011, in Moscow's Red Square.
The overall design of the missile is shared with the older ground-launched 9K720 Iskander missile, adapted for air launching with a modified guidance section for the Kinzhal. It can reportedly hit both static targets and mobile ones such as aircraft carriers. [12] [13]
Russia has launched multiple North Korea-made ballistic missiles at Ukraine recently, the White House said on Thursday, the first time the North's latest weapons have been used in battle. WHAT ...
The system was scheduled to be decommissioned by the Russian Armed Forces in 2020 in favour of the 9K720 Iskander, [5] but they have been observed in use against Ukrainian targets during the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine. [6] [7]
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On 27 February, Russian occupation forces used 9K720 Iskander missiles in Belarus to strike the Zhytomyr civilian airport. [2] The Zhytomyr Airport is situated around 150 kilometres (93 mi) from the capital city of Ukraine — Kyiv — near the city of Zhytomyr in Zhytomyr Oblast.