The Iskander / Iskander-M system is combined of six types of vehicles. The Transporter-Erector-Launcher (TEL) is based on the new BAZ6909 eight-wheeled truck chassis. Fully loaded with two missiles, a TEL weighs 40 tons. The transporter loader also carries two missile reloads. The mission preparation station is equipped to process intelligence data, converting it to target data fed to the missile's navigation system. Command and staff vehicle, maintenance and life support vehicles complete the Iskander's unit. After launching, the vehicle immediately leaves the area seeking the safety of another concealed area.
- Iskander-M: Range 400 km with a potential for extension to INF Treaty violating 500 km. Speed Mach 6-7, flight altitude up to 6–50 km, nuclear-capable stealth missile, controlled at all stages, not ballistic flight path. Immediately after the launch and upon approach to the target, the missile performs intensive maneuvering to evade anti-ballistic missiles. The missile constantly maneuvers during flight as well.
- Iskander-E: export version, range: 280 km.
- Iskander-K: new version, year 2007, with a new cruise missile R-500, range: 280 km max.
The Iskander SS-26 Stone 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.
The Iskander SS-26 Stone can be equipped to carry a variety of warheads types. These include a high explosives (HE) variant, sub-munition dispenser variant, fuel-air explosive variant and a HE penetrator variant. The Russian domestic variant can also be used to deliver a nuclear payload. That means the Iskander is a versatile weapon.
Targets can be located not only by satellite and aircraft but also by a conventional intelligence center, by an artillery observer, or from aerial photos scanned into a computer. The missiles can be re-targeted during flight in the case of engaging mobile targets. Another unique feature of Iskander-M is the optically guided warhead, which can also be controlled by encrypted radio transmission, including such as those from AWACS or UAV. The electro-optical guidance system provides a self-homing capability. The missile's on-board computer receives images of the target, then locks onto the target with its sight and descends towards it at supersonic speed.
The full Iskander system includes :
- Missiles
- Transporter-erector-launcher vehicle (chassis of 8×8 MZKT-79306 ASTROLOG truck)
- Transporter and loader vehicle (chassis of 8×8 MZKT-79306 ASTROLOG truck)
- Command and staff vehicle (chassis of KAMAZ six-wheel truck)
- Information preparation station vehicle (chassis of KAMAZ six-wheel truck)
- Maintenance and repair vehicle (chassis of KAMAZ six-wheel truck)
- Life support vehicle (chassis of KAMAZ six-wheel truck)
- Depot equipment set
- Set of equipment for TEL training class
- Set of equipment for CSV training class
- Training posters
- Training missile mock-up
Intended targets :
The system is intended to use conventional warheads for the engagement of point and area targets, including :
- hostile fire weapons (missile systems, multiple launch rocket systems, long-range artillery pieces)
- air and missile defense weapons, aerodrome
- fixed- and rotary-wing aircraft at airfields
- command posts and communications nodes
- troops in concentration areas
- critical civilian infrastructure facilities
It is also capable of striking strongly protected targets, such as bunkers or hardened aircraft shelters
Specifications :
Mass : 3,800 kg (8,400 lb)
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
Engine : - Single-stage solid propellant
Operational range :
- 50 km (31 mi)-400–500 km (250–310 mi) for Iskander-M
Maximum speed : 2,000 m/s (Mach 5.9) Burn-out velocity (hypersonic)
Guidance system :
- Inertial guidance, optical DSMAC (Iskander-M), TERCOM (Iskander-K), use of GPS / GLONASS in addition to the inertial guidance system
Inertial, use of GPS / GLONASS and optical DSMAC terminal homing
Accuracy : - 5–7 m (Iskander-M)
Launch platform :
- Mobile TEL
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