Global Information9K720 Iskander information
| 9K720 Iskander SS-26 Stone | |
|---|---|
 Iskander-M missile on the starboard erector arm of the 9P78-1 transporter erector launcher displayed at the «ARMY-2016» military-technical forum | |
| Type | Short-range ballistic missile |
| Place of origin | Russia |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2006–present[1] |
| Used by | Russian Ground Forces Armenian Armed Forces Algerian People's National Army Armed Forces of Belarus |
| Wars | Russo-Georgian War Syrian Civil War[2] 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine |
| Production history | |
| Designed | From 1988 |
| Manufacturer | Votkinsk Plant State Production Association (Votkinsk) – missiles Production Association Barricades (Volgograd) – ground equipment KBM (Kolomna) – developer of the system |
| Unit cost | $3 million [3] |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 3,800 kg (8,400 lb)[4] |
| Length | 7.3 m (24 ft) |
| Diameter | 0.92 m (3 ft 0 in) |
| Warhead | 480–700 kg (1,060–1,540 lb) thermonuclear weapon, high-explosive fragmentation, submunition, penetration, fuel–air explosive, EMP[5][6] |
| Engine | Single-stage solid propellant |
Operational range | 400–500 km (250–310 mi)[7][8] for Iskander-M |
| Maximum speed | 2,000 m/s (Mach 5.9) burn-out velocity (hypersonic)[9] |
Guidance system | Inertial guidance, optical DSMAC (Iskander-M), TERCOM (Iskander-K), use of GPS / GLONASS in addition to the inertial guidance system[10] Inertial, use of GPS / GLONASS and optical DSMAC terminal homing |
| Accuracy | (9K720) 1–30 metres (3.3–98.4 feet) (Iskander-M) 5–7 metres (16–23 feet) |
Launch platform | Mobile TEL |
The 9K720 Iskander (Russian: «Искандер»; NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Russian military. They travel at a terminal hypersonic speed of 2,100–2,600 metres per second (Mach 6.2 – Mach 7.6) and can reach an altitude of 50 kilometres (27 nmi; 31 mi) as they range up to 500 kilometres (270 nmi; 310 mi). The missile systems (Искандер-М) were intended to replace by 2020 the supposedly-obsolete OTR-21 Tochka systems in the Russian military.
The Iskander has several different conventional warheads, including a cluster munitions warhead, a fuel–air explosive enhanced-blast warhead, a high-explosive fragmentation warhead, an earth penetrator for bunker busting and an electromagnetic pulse device for anti-radar missions. The missile can also carry nuclear warheads.[1][11][12] In September 2017, the KB Mashinostroyeniya (KBM) general designer Valery M. Kashin said that there were at least seven types of missiles (and "perhaps more") for Iskander, including one cruise missile.[13]
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- ^ Landa, Volodymyr; Gnenny, Konstantin. "Over the weekend, Russia launched missiles worth about $200 million over Ukraine., Росія за вихідні випустила по Україні ракет вартістю близько $200 млн" (in Ukrainian). Forbes. Archived from the original on 30 June 2022. Retrieved 19 September 2022.
- ^ a b Iskander / SS-26 specs. Archived 12 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine. GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved on 11-15-08[clarification needed].
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- ^ "Iskander M/E (SS-21 / SS-26)". Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ "Ударная Сила: Ракетная паутина (оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс 9К720 "Искандер" SS-26 "Stone") » RNNS.RU". Archived from the original on 6 January 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2016.
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- ^ "Дмитрий Рогозин: "Искандеры" будут размещены в Калининграде". Archived from the original on 23 December 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ 9K720 Iskander-M (SS-26 Stone) (Archived 11 November 2008 at the Wayback Machine). GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved on 11-15-08[clarification needed].
- ^ "NATO Members Alarmed by Russian Nuclear Missile Deployment". 17 December 2013. Archived from the original on 30 July 2014. Retrieved 23 December 2014.
- ^ Ракетный комплекс "Искандер-М" получил новые типы ракет. Archived 14 September 2017 at the Wayback Machine. TASS, 14 September 2017.