The 9K720 Iskander (NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Russian Federation.
The missile systems are to replace the obsolete OTR-21 Tochka systems, still in use by the Russian armed forces, by 2020.
The collapse of the USSR in 1991 did not affect the production of the short-range missile.
The collapse of the USSR in 1991 did not affect the production of the short-range missile.
The Iskander has several different conventional warheads, including fuel air explosive, high explosive-fragmentation and electromagnetic device.
On 13 February, Russian Rocket Mobilization Centre again successfully tested Iskander missile in order to scrutinize its technological challenges.
Among Russia's ballistic missiles, Iskander is a missile making European countries and the United States being afraid of it.
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