{"id":300040,"date":"2024-06-15T19:04:49","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T13:34:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=300040"},"modified":"2024-06-15T19:05:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T13:35:12","slug":"iskander-m-missile-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/iskander-m-missile-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Iskander-M missile system"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source\u2013 This post on Iskander-M\u00a0<\/strong>is based on the article “ On Cam: Putin\u2019s Iskander Missile Strikes Ukrainian Airbase; Su-27 Jet &amp; S-300 System Hit<\/a>” <\/strong>published in \u201cHindustan Times\u201d on 14th June 2024.<\/p>\n

Why in the News?<\/h2>\n

Recently, Russia claimed that it used the nuclear-capable Iskander-M missile system to target the Ukrainian military airbase in Mirgorod.<\/p>\n

About Iskander-M<\/h2>\n

1.\u00a0 The Iskander (Western reporting name: SS-26 Stone) is a road-mobile short-range ballistic missile system developed by Russia.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 It entered Russian service in 2006. It is designed for tactical strikes on small, high-value land targets.<\/p>\n

3. Features<\/strong><\/p>\n

i) The missile is 7.3 meters long, 0.92 meters in diameter, and has a launch weight of 3,750 kilograms.<\/p>\n

ii)\u00a0 It has a range of 400-500 km and uses both inertial and optical guidance systems.<\/p>\n

iii) It can carry conventional and nuclear warheads up to 700 kg.<\/p>\n

iv) Missiles can travel at up to seven times the speed of sound (Mach 7) and can reach an altitude of more than 30 miles.<\/p>\n

v) It employs a maneuverable re-entry vehicle (MaRV) and decoys to defeat theater missile defense systems.<\/p>\n

vi) It is equipped with various systems for in-flight correction and self-targeting, allowing the missile to overcome missile defense systems.<\/p>\n

vii) It has various variants such as Iskander-E and Iskander-K.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Source\u2013 This post on Iskander-M\u00a0is based on the article “ On Cam: Putin\u2019s Iskander Missile Strikes Ukrainian Airbase; Su-27 Jet &amp; S-300 System Hit” published in \u201cHindustan Times\u201d on 14th June 2024. Why in the News? Recently, Russia claimed that it used the nuclear-capable Iskander-M missile system to target the Ukrainian military airbase in Mirgorod.… Continue reading Iskander-M missile system<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,11959],"tags":[11872,10595],"class_list":["post-300040","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-defence","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-hindustan-times","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300040","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=300040"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/300040\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=300040"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=300040"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=300040"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}