9K720 Iskander-M
«SS-26 Stone»
BallisticSRBM — short range (<1000 km)Russia2006In service
Russian quasi-ballistic SRBM on 8x8 TEL, maneuvering in the terminal phase and nuclear-capable up to ~50 kT.
Ballistic//SRBM — short range (<1000 km)
ID — 9K720-ISKANDER-M-TELRussia · KBM Kolomna
9K720 Iskander-M
SS-26 Stone
Russian quasi-ballistic SRBM on 8x8 TEL, maneuvering in the terminal phase and nuclear-capable up to ~50 kT.
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- Reliability
- Unverified
- Sources
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Identity
- Designation
- 9K720 Iskander-M
- Alias
- SS-26 Stone
- Manufacturer
- KBM Kolomna
- Country
- Russia
- Year
- 2006
- Category
- Ballistic
- All sub-types
- SRBM — short range (<1000 km)
- Status
- In service
Performance
- Range
- 500 km
- Top speed
- Mach 6-7
- Guidance
- INS + GLONASS + DSMAC opzionale + scia di manovre planari
- Warhead
- HE / cluster / penetratrice / nucleare ~50 kT
- CEP
- 7 m
Physical characteristics
- Launch platform
- TEL 9P78-1 MZKT-7930 8x8 (2 missili)
- Length
- 7.3 m
- Launch weight
- 3800 kg
- Unit cost
- 3 M USD
Production & inventory
- Annual production
- ≈50-70 missili/anno (stima 2024)
- Estimated inventory
- ≈900 missili / ~150 lanciatori (stima)
- Unit cost
- 3 M USD
Combat use
- ▸Georgia 2008 — first operational use against military targets.
- ▸Syria 2016-2018 — demonstrative launches from Latakia.
- ▸Ukraine 2022-2024 — over 1,000 estimated launches against depots, airbases and C2 centres.
Tags
Nuclear-capableDual-use
Main operators
RussiaBielorussiaArmeniaAlgeria
History
Developed as successor to OTR-21 Tochka, Iskander-M flies a semi-ballistic trajectory with 20-30 g lateral glide maneuvers, complicating intercept by Patriot and SAMP/T.
The Iskander-K variant fires the 9M728/9M729 cruise missile; the latter was at the heart of the 2018-19 INF crisis.
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