Iskander M - Russian Short Range Ballistic Missile System | Искандер М

Russian military ISKANDER-M tactical missile
The Iskander missile is a Russian short-range ballistic missile system. The missile system is used by the Russian army.
The Iskander theatre missile system is designed to destroy enemy weapons, command posts, communications nodes, tactical aircraft parked on airfields, air and missile defense installations and other critical targets in operational depth round the clock and in any season when countered by heavy regular and precision-guided munitions, weapons of mass destruction, as well as anti-missile defense and EW assets.
Missiles
The SS-26 Stone Iskander missile system is equipped with a solid-propellant single-stage guided-missile 9M723K1 controlled throughout the entire flight path and provided with a non-separable warhead.
The missile is designed for mobile, autonomous operation and is capable of striking point and area targets at ranges of 50 – 280 km.
The missile can carry conventional warheads, cluster bombs splinter munitions and allow for precision-strike operations.
The target accuracy is 5-7 meters coupled with an optical homing head and 30-70 m in an autonomous application. A Thermobaric warhead is also believed to be part of the missile's warhead options.
The Iskander-M missile is equipped with inertial and optical guidance, using the Russian GLONASS satellite navigation system. The circular error probable (CEP) of the missile is 2-7 m.
Mobility
The Iskander missile is mounted to the MAZ-543 truck, the 9P78E is the self-propelled launcher and the 9T250E is the transporter-loader vehicle.
The 9M72-missile SS-26 Stone is a powerful, solid fuel propelled short-range surface-to-surface missile, and can be fired quite fast in less than 8 minutes after warning.

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