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<\/a>Medvedev has announced to deploy Iskander (\u0418\u0441\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0435\u0440-\u041c) <\/span><\/span>short-range missiles in Kaliningrad. The purpose of these missiles is to target the BMD interceptors to be stationed in Poland based on a Polish-US agreement signed back in August (which has not yet been ratified, however). Die 9M72-Missile (NATO-Designation SS-26 Stone) is a powerful, solid fuel propelled short-range surface-to-surface missile, land-mobile with MAZ-543 trucks (with 2 Iskander missiles deployed on a truck) and can be fired quite fast (less than 8 minutes after warning). The missile\u2019s range is about 400 km <\/span>with a payload of 800 kg. The missile can carry conventional warheads, cluster bombs splinter munition and allows for precision-strike operations (target deviation at no more than 10 m). The mssile is difficult to track with radar systems because it does have a very low flight curve with the apogee at about 50 km. The speed of the missile is about 2.6 km\/s. Russia does export Iskander missiles as Iskander-E with a lower range and some other limited capabilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Medvedev has announced to deploy Iskander (\u0418\u0441\u043a\u0430\u043d\u0434\u0435\u0440-\u041c) short-range missiles in Kaliningrad. The purpose of these missiles is to target the BMD interceptors to be stationed in Poland based on a Polish-US agreement signed back in August (which has not yet been ratified, however). Die 9M72-Missile (NATO-Designation SS-26 Stone) is a powerful, solid fuel propelled short-range … Continue reading Iskander (SS-26 Stone)<\/span>