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{{Short description|Russian short-range ballistic missile}}
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{{Infobox weapon
|is_missile=yes
|name = 9K720 Iskander <br /> SS-26 Stone
|image = Army2016demo-075.jpg
|image_size = 300
|caption = Iskander-M missile on the [[Port and starboard|starboard]] erector arm of the [[Engineering:MZKT-7930|9P78-1]] [[Engineering:Transporter erector launcher|transporter erector launcher]] displayed at the «ARMY-2016» military-technical forum
|origin= Russia
|type = [[Engineering:Short-range ballistic missile|Short-range ballistic missile]]
|service=2006–present<ref name="IskHist" />
|vehicle_range = {{convert|400-500|km|mi|abbr=on}}<ref>{{cite web|url=http://defense-update.com/products/i/iskander.htm|title=Iskander M/E (SS-21 / SS-26)|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223204649/http://defense-update.com/products/i/iskander.htm|archive-date=2014-12-23|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://rnns.ru/14897-udarnaja-sila-raketnaja-pautina.html|title=Ударная Сила: Ракетная паутина (оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс 9К720 "Искандер" SS-26 "Stone") » RNNS.RU|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170106082809/http://rnns.ru/14897-udarnaja-sila-raketnaja-pautina.html|archive-date=6 January 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> for Iskander-M
|filling = {{convert|480-700|kg|lb|abbr=on}} [[Engineering:Thermonuclear weapon|thermonuclear weapon]], high-explosive fragmentation, submunition, penetration, fuel–air explosive, [[Physics:Electromagnetic pulse|EMP]]<ref name="fas.org">{{cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/theater/ss-26.htm|title=Iskander/SS-26|publisher=[[Organization:Federation of American Scientists|Federation of American Scientists]]|access-date=2013-02-12|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130110075400/http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/theater/ss-26.htm|archive-date=2013-01-10|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/ss-26-iskander/|title=Iskander (SS-26)|work=CSIS Missile Threat|access-date=2016-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104081046/http://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/ss-26-iskander/|archive-date=2016-11-04|url-status=live}}</ref>
|engine = Single-stage solid propellant
|guidance = Inertial guidance, optical DSMAC (Iskander-M), [[Engineering:TERCOM|TERCOM]] (Iskander-K), use of [[Engineering:GPS|GPS]] / [[Astronomy:GLONASS|GLONASS]] in addition to the inertial guidance system<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.arms-expo.ru/news/archive/dmitriy-rogozin-iskandery-budut-razmescheny-v-kaliningrade10-11-2011-16-00-00/?sphrase_id=2017576|title=Дмитрий Рогозин: "Искандеры" будут размещены в Калининграде|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223204523/http://www.arms-expo.ru/news/archive/dmitriy-rogozin-iskandery-budut-razmescheny-v-kaliningrade10-11-2011-16-00-00/?sphrase_id=2017576|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> <br /> Inertial, use of GPS / GLONASS and optical DSMAC terminal homing
|accuracy = 1–30&nbsp;m (9K720)<br>5–7&nbsp;m (Iskander-M)
|speed = {{convert|2000|m/s|Mach|abbr=on}} burn-out velocity ([[Physics:Hypersonic|hypersonic]])<ref name="tomsk1">{{cite web|url=http://military.tomsk.ru/blog/topic-185.html|title=MilitaryRussia.Ru — отечественная военная техника (после 1945г.) - Статьи|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150104032604/http://military.tomsk.ru/blog/topic-185.html|archive-date=4 January 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>
|length = {{convert|7.3|m|abbr=on}}
|diameter = {{convert|0.92|m|abbr=on}}
|weight = {{convert|3800|kg|abbr=on}}<ref name="IskSpecs">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/ss-26-specs.htm Iskander / SS-26 specs]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112040648/http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/ss-26-specs.htm |date=2008-11-12 }}. [[Organization:GlobalSecurity.org|GlobalSecurity.org]]. Retrieved on 11-15-08 .</ref>
|payload_capacity = 480&nbsp;kg<ref name="IskSpecs" />
|manufacturer= Votkinsk Plant State Production Association (Votkinsk) – missiles<br />Production Association Barricades (Volgograd) – ground equipment<br />KBM (Kolomna) – developer of the system
|design_date = From 1988
|unit_cost = $3 million <ref name=Forbes01>{{cite news|url=https://forbes.ua/inside/rosiya-za-vikhidni-vipustila-po-ukraini-raket-vartistyu-blizko-200-mln-otsinka-forbes-27062022-6838?utm_source=Telegram&utm_medium=post |first1=Volodymyr |last1=Landa|first2=Konstantin|last2= Gnenny |title=Over the weekend, Russia launched missiles worth about $200 million over Ukraine., Росія за вихідні випустила по Україні ракет вартістю близько $200 млн.|lang=uk|agency={{wipe|Forbes}}|access-date=19 September 2022}}</ref>
|used_by = Russian Ground Forces<br />Armenian Armed Forces<br />Algerian People's National Army<br />Armed Forces of Belarus
|launch_platform = Mobile TEL
|wars = Russo-Georgian War<br />Syrian Civil War<ref>{{cite news|url=https://ria.ru/syria/20171222/1511520986.html?referrer_block=index_archive_8 |title=Tłumacz Google|newspaper=Риа Новости|date=22 December 2017}}</ref><br />2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War<br />2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine
}}

The '''9K720 Iskander''' ({{lang-ru|«Искандер»}}; NATO reporting name '''SS-26 Stone''') is a  mobile [[Engineering:Short-range ballistic missile|short-range]] [[Physics:Ballistic missile|ballistic missile]] system produced and deployed by the {{wipe|Russia}}n military. They travel at a terminal [[Physics:Hypersonic speed|hypersonic speed]] of 2100–2600&nbsp;m/s (Mach 6–7) and can reach an altitude of 50&nbsp;km as they range up to 500&nbsp;km. The missile systems ({{lang|ru|Искандер-М}}) were intended to replace by 2020 the supposedly-obsolete [[Engineering:OTR-21 Tochka|OTR-21 ''Tochka'']] systems  in the Russian military.

The Iskander has several different conventional warheads, including a cluster munitions warhead, a fuel–air explosive enhanced-blast warhead, a high-explosive fragmentation warhead, an earth penetrator for bunker busting and an [[Physics:Electromagnetic pulse|electromagnetic pulse]] device for anti-radar missions. The missile can also carry nuclear warheads.<ref name="IskHist">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/ss-26-program.htm 9K720 Iskander-M (SS-26 Stone) – Program]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112040653/http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/ss-26-program.htm |date=2008-11-12 }}. [[Organization:GlobalSecurity.org|GlobalSecurity.org]]. Retrieved on 11-15-08{{clarify|date=August 2022}}.</ref><ref name="Isk">[http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/ss-26.htm 9K720 Iskander-M (SS-26 Stone)] ({{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081111222609/http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/ss-26.htm |date=2008-11-11 }}). GlobalSecurity.org. Retrieved on 11-15-08{{clarify|date=August 2022}}.</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.ria.ru/world/20131217/185654740/NATO-Members-Alarmed-by-Russian-Nuclear-Missile-Deployment.html|title=NATO Members Alarmed by Russian Nuclear Missile Deployment|date=17 December 2013|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730015313/http://en.ria.ru/world/20131217/185654740/NATO-Members-Alarmed-by-Russian-Nuclear-Missile-Deployment.html|archive-date=30 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In September 2017, the KB Mashinostroyeniya (KBM) general designer Valery M.&nbsp;Kashin said that there were at least seven types of missiles (and "perhaps more") for Iskander, including one [[Engineering:Cruise missile|cruise missile]].<ref name="tass14">[http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/4561695 Ракетный комплекс "Искандер-М" получил новые типы ракет]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914215944/http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/4561695 |date=2017-09-14 }}. TASS, 14 September 2017.</ref>

==History==
The road-mobile Iskander<ref group=note>"Iskander" is one variant among many of Alexander the Great's given name as expressed by various cultures in the [[Earth:Caucasus|Caucasus]] and [[Place:Central Asia|Central Asia]], among other regions: Iskander, Askander, Eskinder, Scandar, Eskandar.</ref> was the second attempt by Russia to replace the [[Engineering:Scud missile|Scud missile]]. The first attempt, the [[Engineering:OTR-23 Oka|OTR-23 Oka]], was eliminated under the INF Treaty. The design work on Iskander was begun in December 1988, initially directed by the KBM rocket weaponry designer Sergey Nepobedimy, and was not significantly affected by the dissolution of the USSR in 1991.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vpk-news.ru/articles/19095|title=Великий воин и защитник "Искандер"|publisher=VPK|date=10 February 2014|language=ru|access-date=3 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006222505/http://vpk-news.ru/articles/19095|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="rs190514">{{cite news|url=http://www.redstar.ru/index.php/newspaper/item/16112-raketnaya-era-nepobedimogo|title=Ракетная эра Непобедимого|author=Вероника Ушакова|date=2014-05-19|publisher=Krasnaya Zvezda|access-date=2017-09-14|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170914172921/http://www.redstar.ru/index.php/newspaper/item/16112-raketnaya-era-nepobedimogo|archive-date=2017-09-14|url-status=live}}</ref>

The first successful launch occurred in 1996.<ref name="expert.ru">{{cite web|url=http://expert.ru/2014/02/11/rossiya-moderniziruet-iskander/|title=Россия модернизирует "Искандер"|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223210035/http://expert.ru/2014/02/11/rossiya-moderniziruet-iskander/|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

In September 2004, at a meeting with senior defense officials reporting to President Vladimir Putin on the drafting of a defense budget for 2005, the Russian Defence Minister Sergei Ivanov spoke about the completion of static tests of a new tactical missile system called the Iskander. He said that the system would go into quantity production in 2005 and toward the end of that year, Russia would have a brigade armed with it.<ref name="IskHist" /> In March 2005, a source in the Russian defence industry told Interfax-AVN the development of new missiles with a range of 500–600&nbsp;km, based on existing Iskander-E tactical missile systems, was a possibility. He said, however, that it "may take up to five or six years".<ref name="IskHist" />

In 2006, serial production of the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile system was launched, and the system was adopted by the Russian army.<ref name="IskHist" /> The production cost of the missile system was reported in 2014 to have been slashed by a third by cutting the 20% markup applied by the missile manufacturer at each stage of the components supply chain from a cumulative 810% to markup of 21% applied only to the finished product.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vpk.name/news/116068_stoimost_operativnotakticheskogo_raketnogo_kompleksa_iskander_snizhena_prakticheski_na_tret.html?new|title=Стоимость оперативно-тактического ракетного комплекса "Искандер" снижена практически на треть|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223203851/http://vpk.name/news/116068_stoimost_operativnotakticheskogo_raketnogo_kompleksa_iskander_snizhena_prakticheski_na_tret.html?new|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

There was a report by GosNIIP, the design bureau that builds guidance for cruise missiles, that Russia completed state acceptance trials of the "ground-based 9M728/9M729 missiles and their modernized version."<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/february_2019_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/russia_has_more_ssc-8_cruise_missiles_than_expected_with_conflictual_range.html |title=Russia has more SSC-8 cruise missiles than expected, with conflictual range &#124; February 2019 Global Defense Security army news industry &#124; Defense Security global news industry army 2019 &#124; Archive News year |access-date=2019-02-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190212190610/https://www.armyrecognition.com/february_2019_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/russia_has_more_ssc-8_cruise_missiles_than_expected_with_conflictual_range.html |archive-date=2019-02-12 |url-status=live }}</ref>

In November 2016, the Russian military announced that the modernization of the Iskander-M system was underway.<ref name="полностью">[http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/582ecad39a79475408a038ee Минобороны пообещало полностью оснастить ракетные войска «Искандерами»]. {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081311/http://www.rbc.ru/rbcfreenews/582ecad39a79475408a038ee |date=2017-02-11 }}. RBC, 18 November 2016.</ref> A number of countries were reported to have shown interest in purchasing the export version of Iskander, but such possibility was only announced in early February 2017.<ref name="expert.ru" />

The United States has argued that the 9M728/9M729 (SSC-X-7/SSC-X-8) cruise missiles used by Iskander-K violates the INF Treaty because their estimated range is beyond 500&nbsp;km.<ref>{{cite web |author=Hans M. Kristensen |url=https://fas.org/blogs/security/2014/07/russia-inf/ |title=Russia Declared In Violation Of INF Treaty: New Cruise Missile May Be Deploying – Federation Of American Scientists |publisher=Fas.org |date=2014-07-30 |access-date=2018-08-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190203010440/https://fas.org/blogs/security/2014/07/russia-inf/ |archive-date=2019-02-03 |url-status=live }}</ref>

==Design==
[[File:CombatLaunching2018-18.jpg|thumb|Iskander-M launched in 2018.]]
The Iskander ballistic missile is superior to its predecessor, the Oka. The Iskander-M system is equipped with two solid-propellant single-stage [[Engineering:Guided missile|guided missile]]s, model '''9M723K1'''. Each one is controlled throughout the entire flight path and fitted with an inseparable [[Engineering:Warhead|warhead]]. Each missile in the launch carrier vehicle can be independently targeted in a matter of seconds. The mobility of the Iskander launch platform makes a launch difficult to prevent.

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.<ref name="Isk" /> Another unique feature of Iskander-M <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.kbm.ru/ru/production/otrk/37.html|title=Оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс "Искандер-Э" - АО Научно-производственная корпорация "КБ Машиностроения"|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160927164708/http://www.kbm.ru/ru/production/otrk/37.html|archive-date=27 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> is the optically guided warhead, which can also be controlled by encrypted radio transmission, including such as those from [[Engineering:Airborne early warning and control|AWACS]] or [[Engineering:Unmanned aerial vehicle|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.

Boost phase thrust vector control (TVC) is accomplished by graphite vanes similar in layout to the [[Engineering:V-2 rocket|V-2]] and Scud series tactical ballistic missiles. According to some rumors, in flight, the missile follows a quasi-ballistic path, performing evasive maneuvers in the terminal phase of flight and releasing [[Engineering:Decoy|decoy]]s in order to penetrate missile defense systems (American officials have confirmed the use of decoys in at least some versions).<ref name=Ismay>{{cite news |last=Ismay |first=John |date=14 March 2022 |title=Russia Deploys a Mystery Munition in Ukraine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/14/us/russia-ukraine-weapons-decoy.html |work={{wipe|The New York Times}} |location=New York City |access-date=15 March 2022  |quote=Iskander-M short-range ballistic missiles are releasing a previously unknown decoy designed to evade air-defense systems, an American official said.}}</ref> The missile never leaves the atmosphere as it follows a relatively flat trajectory. The missile is controlled during the whole flight with [[Engineering:Thrust vectoring|gas-dynamic]] and aerodynamic control surfaces. It uses small fins to reduce its radar signature.<ref name="rbase.new-factoria.ru">{{cite web|url=http://rbase.new-factoria.ru/missile/wobb/iscander/iscander.shtml|title=Оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс 9К720 'Искандер' - Ракетная техника|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090419204219/http://rbase.new-factoria.ru/missile/wobb/iscander/iscander.shtml|archive-date=19 April 2009|url-status=live}}</ref>

The Russian Iskander-M travels at a [[Physics:Hypersonic speed|hypersonic speed]] of 2100–2600&nbsp;m/s (Mach 6–7) and an altitude of 50&nbsp;km.  The Iskander-M weighs 4,615&nbsp;kg, carries a warhead of 710–800&nbsp;kg, has a range of 500&nbsp;km and achieves a [[Physics:Circular error probable|circular error probable]] (CEP) of 5–7&nbsp;meters (when coupled with optical homing head; 30–70 m in autonomous application<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armyrecognition.com/derni_res_news/bienvenue_sur_joomla__3.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725054913/http://www.armyrecognition.com/derni_res_news/bienvenue_sur_joomla__3.html|url-status=dead|title=SS-26 Stone Iskander 9M72 9P78E Ballistic missile system|archivedate=July 25, 2010}}</ref>).

Iskander is a tactical missile system designed to be used in [[Engineering:Theatre ballistic missile|theater level]] conflicts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/ss-26-iskander/|title=SS-26 (Iskander) – Missile Threat|publisher=CSIS|access-date=2016-11-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104081046/http://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/ss-26-iskander/|archive-date=2016-11-04|url-status=live}}</ref> It is intended to use [[Engineering:Conventional weapon|conventional]] or [[Engineering:Thermonuclear weapon|thermonuclear weapon]] warheads for the engagement of small and area targets (both moving and stationary), such as hostile fire weapons, air and anti-missile defenses, command posts and communications nodes and troops in concentration areas, among others. According to Russian claims, the area of destruction from a single warhead is 25,000 square meters, or about two football fields and the accuracy of the missile allows it to hit targets the size of a small window from a range of several tens of kilometers.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1337257|title = Iskander tactical missile systems strike mock enemy's objects at Zapad-2021 drills}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://tass.com/defense/1498229 |title=Iskander-M strikes targets the size of a window leaf tens of kilometers away — Rostec - Military & Defense |publisher=TASS |date=1999-04-02 |accessdate=2022-08-26}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=В Ростехе рассказали о "снайперской точности" "Искандера-М" - ТАСС |url=https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/15562153 |access-date=2022-11-23 |website=TACC|language=ru|quote=Оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс (ОТРК) "Искандер-М" работает со снайперской точностью, его ракета способна попасть в цель величиной с форточку с расстояния в несколько десятков километров. }}</ref>

In 2007, a new missile for the system (and launcher) was test fired, the {{Interlanguage link multi|R-500 (missile)|lt=R-500|2=ru|3=Р-500 (ракета)|preserve=1}} cruise missile,<ref>[http://www.russiafile.com/Iskander.htm Iskander Missile System] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006074752/http://www.russiafile.com/Iskander.htm |date=2014-10-06 }} Retrieved on 11-18-08</ref> with a range of applications up to 2000&nbsp;km or more.<ref name="rnns.ru">{{cite web|url=http://rnns.ru/14897-udarnaja-sila-raketnaja-pautina.html|title=Ударная Сила: Ракетная паутина (оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс 9К720 "Искандер" SS-26 "Stone")|website=rnns.ru|date=25 October 2009|access-date=23 December 2014|language=ru|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141122080102/http://rnns.ru/14897-udarnaja-sila-raketnaja-pautina.html|archive-date=22 November 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> Presently,{{when|date=March 2022}} "Iskander-M" system, outfitted with cruise and ballistic missiles, is being delivered to the military. In 2013, army missile brigades first received missiles equipped with a new control system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://arms-tass.su/?page=article&aid=125546&cid=25|title=ТАСС: Армия и ОПК|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006102927/http://arms-tass.su/?page=article&aid=125546&cid=25|archive-date=6 October 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2018, the Iskander missile complex can now strike static sea targets.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pravdareport.com/news/russia/economics/03-08-2018/141342-iskander-0/|title=Iskander missile complex can now strike sea targets|date=3 August 2018|access-date=5 August 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180805112806/http://www.pravdareport.com/news/russia/economics/03-08-2018/141342-iskander-0/|archive-date=5 August 2018|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2020 it was said that the MAZ was the primary supplier for the chassis of the launchers for the Iskander-M because the domestic Russian products are of comparatively low quality.<ref name="efrusi">{{cite news |last1=Ferris |first1=Emily |title=Could Russia’s Reliance on Belarus be its Soft Underbelly? |url=https://static.rusi.org/could-russias-reliance-on-belarus-be-its-soft-underbelly.pdf |publisher=The Royal United Services Institute for Defence and Security Studies |date=12 January 2023}}</ref>

The system can be transported by various vehicles, including [[Engineering:Kh-47M2 Kinzhal|airplanes]].<ref name="dokwar.ru">{{cite web|url=http://dokwar.ru/publ/vooruzhenie/pvo_i_rvsn/raketnyj_kompleks_quot_iskander_quot/16-1-0-82|title=Ракетный комплекс "Искандер"|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150503020258/http://dokwar.ru/publ/vooruzhenie/pvo_i_rvsn/raketnyj_kompleks_quot_iskander_quot/16-1-0-82|archive-date=3 May 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref>

When nuclear armed, the warhead is estimated to have a yield of {{convert|5|to|50|ktTNT}} (Iskander-M).<ref name="vpk.name">{{cite web|url=http://vpk.name/library/f/9m723.html|title=- 9723|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223211655/http://vpk.name/library/f/9m723.html|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Operational history==
===Russia===
[[File:A camouflaged Iskander-M complex during an exercise in Transbaikalia. June 2021.jpg|thumb|A camouflaged Iskander-M complex during an exercise in Transbaikalia. June 2021]]
[[File:A Russian missile lies largely intact in a home in Gori.jpg|thumb|A Russian missile rocket booster stage lies in the bedroom of a home in Gori (2008)]]
The first documented use of the Iskander was in the Russo-Georgian War in which Dutch journalist Stan Storimans was killed on 12 August 2008 in Gori. An investigation by the Dutch government revealed that a single, 5&nbsp;mm fragment from an anti-personnel sub-munition, carried by an Iskander missile, killed the Dutch journalist.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2010/06/02/bijlage-verslag-onderzoeksmissie-storimans-kamerbrief-inzake-het-verslag-van-de-onderzoekscommissie-storimans|title=Bijlage: verslag onderzoeksmissie Storimans – Kamerbrief inzake het verslag van de onderzoekscommissie- Storimans|first=Ministerie van Buitenlandse|last=Zaken|website=www.rijksoverheid.nl|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170813005740/https://www.rijksoverheid.nl/documenten/kamerstukken/2010/06/02/bijlage-verslag-onderzoeksmissie-storimans-kamerbrief-inzake-het-verslag-van-de-onderzoekscommissie-storimans|archive-date=2017-08-13|access-date=2017-08-12|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In September 2009, the Russian military announced plans to deploy Iskander missiles in all the military districts of Russia "in a short time".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.interfax.ru/russia/102653|title="Искандер" здесь, "Искандер" там|date=29 September 2009|access-date=9 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211081446/http://www.interfax.ru/russia/102653|archive-date=11 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/ru/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%82-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B-%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%B2-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B5/a-4741439 |title=Москва планирует разместить ракеты "Искандер" в каждом военном округе |website=Deutsche Welle |access-date=2019-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212034222/https://www.dw.com/ru/%D0%BC%D0%BE%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%BB%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B5%D1%82-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%B7%D0%BC%D0%B5%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B8%D1%82%D1%8C-%D1%80%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%D1%82%D1%8B-%D0%B8%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B4%D0%B5%D1%80-%D0%B2-%D0%BA%D0%B0%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%B2%D0%BE%D0%B5%D0%BD%D0%BD%D0%BE%D0%BC-%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3%D0%B5/a-4741439 |archive-date=2018-12-12 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to the Stratfor report in 2010 there were five Iskander brigades stationed and operational in Russia, namely the 26th Rocket Brigade in the town of Luga, Leningrad Oblast, south of St. Petersburg; 92nd Rocket Brigade at Kamenka, near Penza in the [[Place:Volga region|Volga region]]; 103rd Rocket Brigade at Ulan-Ude, north of Mongolia; 107th Rocket Brigade at {{ill|Semistochni|ru|Семисточный}}, in the Far East;<ref>note other sources now place the brigade at Birobidzhan. http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/rbr/23rbr.htm {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170814195423/http://www.ww2.dk/new/army/rbr/23rbr.htm |date=2017-08-14 }} and warfare.ru.</ref> and the 114th Rocket Brigade at Znamensk, in the northern Caucasus.<ref>[https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/russian-missiles-natos-border Russian Missiles on NATO's Border] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613083021/https://www.stratfor.com/analysis/russian-missiles-natos-border |date=2017-06-13 }} Stratfor.com, November 30, 2010</ref>

In June 2013, it was revealed that Russia had deployed several Iskander-M ballistic missile systems in [[Place:Armenia|Armenia]] at undisclosed locations.<ref name="Harutyunyan">{{cite news|last=Harutyunyan|first=Sargis|title=Advanced Russian Missiles 'Deployed In Armenia'|url=http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/25005647.html|access-date=22 June 2013|date=3 June 2013|agency=Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622144049/http://www.azatutyun.am/content/article/25005647.html|archive-date=22 June 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2016, it was reported by media that Armenia had received a ''divizion'' of Iskander missiles.<ref>[http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2016/09/19/657501-iskanderi-doehali-armenii «Искандеры» доехали до Армении] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170129204038/http://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2016/09/19/657501-iskanderi-doehali-armenii |date=2017-01-29 }} ''Vedomosti'', 18 September 2016.</ref>

In November 2014, US General Breedlove stated that Russian forces "capable of being nuclear" had been moved into Crimea,<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-forces-capable-of-being-nuclear-moving-to-crimea-nato-chief-says/|title=Russian forces "capable of being nuclear" moving to Crimea, NATO chief says|access-date=2018-03-17|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318054915/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russian-forces-capable-of-being-nuclear-moving-to-crimea-nato-chief-says/|archive-date=2018-03-18|url-status=live}}</ref> the Ukrainian peninsula which the Russian Federation had annexed in March, and the following month Ukrainian Armed Forces announced that Russia had deployed a nuclear-capable Iskander division in the territory.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2014/12/04/mi-dobre-znaemo-pro-nayavnist-rosijskih-kompleksiv-iskander-na-teritorii-timchasovo-okupovanogo-krimu-general-major-oleksandr-rozmaznin/|title="Ми добре знаємо про наявність російських комплексів "Іскандер" на території тимчасово окупованого Криму", — генерал-майор Олександр Розмазнін|work=Міністерство оборони України|access-date=2018-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318060307/http://www.mil.gov.ua/news/2014/12/04/mi-dobre-znaemo-pro-nayavnist-rosijskih-kompleksiv-iskander-na-teritorii-timchasovo-okupovanogo-krimu-general-major-oleksandr-rozmaznin/|archive-date=2018-03-18|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine/ukraine-military-say-russia-deploys-iskander-air-defense-missiles-in-crimea-374075.html|title=Ukraine military say Russia deploys Iskander air defense missiles in Crimea|date=2014-12-04|work=Kyiv Post|access-date=2018-03-17|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529174249/https://www.kyivpost.com/article/content/ukraine/ukraine-military-say-russia-deploys-iskander-air-defense-missiles-in-crimea-374075.html|archive-date=2016-05-29|url-status=live}}</ref> Russian Foreign Ministry officials declared the right to deploy nuclear weapons in the peninsula, which is generally recognized as part of Ukraine, in December 2014<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-russia-nuclear-crimea-20141215-story.html|title=Russia says it has a right to put nuclear weapons in Crimea|last=Loiko|first=Sergei L.|website=Los Angeles Times|date=15 December 2014|access-date=2018-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318120331/http://www.latimes.com/world/europe/la-fg-russia-nuclear-crimea-20141215-story.html|archive-date=2018-03-18|url-status=live}}</ref> and June 2015.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russia-threatens-deploy-nuclear-weapons-crimea-13013|title=Russia Threatens to Deploy Nuclear Weapons in Crimea|last=Keck|first=Zachary|website=The National Interest|date=June 2015|language=en|access-date=2018-03-17|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180318055034/http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/russia-threatens-deploy-nuclear-weapons-crimea-13013|archive-date=2018-03-18|url-status=live}}</ref>

In March 2016, at least one Iskander system was reportedly deployed at Russia's Hmeimim airbase in [[Place:Syria|Syria]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.janes.com/article/59182/iskander-missile-launcher-spotted-in-syria|title=Jeremy Binnie, London: "Iskander missile launcher spotted in Syria", IHS Jane's 360, 31 March 2016|access-date=13 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161105175033/http://www.janes.com/article/59182/iskander-missile-launcher-spotted-in-syria|archive-date=5 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> In January 2017 an Israeli company claimed satellite photography confirmed the Syrian deployment.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/report-russias-dangerous-iskander-m-ballistic-missiles-are-18991|title=Report: Russia's Dangerous Iskander-M Ballistic Missiles Are Now in Syria|first=Dave|last=Majumdar|website=The National Interest|date=8 January 2017|access-date=2017-02-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170206030612/http://nationalinterest.org/blog/the-buzz/report-russias-dangerous-iskander-m-ballistic-missiles-are-18991|archive-date=2017-02-06|url-status=live}}</ref>

According to a Fox News report in early February 2017, four Iskander missiles had been fired at opposition targets in the Idlib province in Syria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/08/russia-sends-syria-its-largest-missile-delivery-to-date-us-officials-say.html|title=Russia sends Syria its largest missile delivery to date, US officials say|first=Lucas|last=Tomlinson|date=8 February 2017|publisher=Fox News|access-date=8 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170208211951/http://www.foxnews.com/world/2017/02/08/russia-sends-syria-its-largest-missile-delivery-to-date-us-officials-say.html|archive-date=8 February 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

During the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, Russia launched several Iskander missiles over their border into Ukraine as part of their assault.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2022/1219/133070872/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / / «Ростех» значительно увеличил поставки вооружений в зону спецоперации|website=armstrade.org|accessdate=8 April 2023}}</ref> Here, these missiles demonstrated a previously unknown capability that employed decoys to confuse air defense systems. It is believed this technology was kept a closely guarded secret, and not included on Iskander missiles exported outside of Russia.<ref name="Ismay" /> Up from 23 April 2022, Russia deployed more units equipped with Iskander-M to the Belgorod Oblast as close as 60&nbsp;km from the border of Ukraine.<ref>{{cite web |last=tagesschau.de |title=Liveblog: ++ Sofortige Waffenruhe für Mariupol gefordert ++ |url=https://www.tagesschau.de/newsticker/liveblog-ukraine-sonntag-127.html |access-date=2022-04-24 |website=tagesschau.de |language=de}}</ref> 

Ukraine has made contradictory claims on the vulnerability of the Iskander; its sources in March 2023 reported that it is unable to shoot down Iskander ballistic missiles, however, on May 29th, Ukraine claimed to have destroyed 11 Iskander missiles of both the ballistic and cruise missile variants.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://tass.com/politics/1589809|title=Ukraine also can’t intercept Russian Iskander-M, S-300 missiles, not just Kinzhal’s|website=TASS|access-date=8 April 2023|date=16 March 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Subramaniam |first=Tara |last2=Dean |first2=Sarah |last3=Edwards |first3=Christian |last4=Elwazer |first4=Schams |last5=Sangal |first5=Aditi |last6=Hayes |first6=Mike |last7=Chowdhury |first7=Maureen |last8=Hammond |first8=Elise |date=2023-05-29 |title=Ukraine says it downed 11 Iskander missiles launched by Russia in daytime attack |url=https://edition.cnn.com/europe/live-news/russia-ukraine-war-news-05-29-23/h_2bc2f3b78b2554e03d39bb2bbb625121 |access-date=2023-07-18 |website=CNN |language=en}}</ref>

====Kaliningrad region====
In November 2008, the Russian president Dmitry Medvedev in his first annual address to the Federal Assembly of Russia announced plans to deploy Iskander missiles to the Kaliningrad Oblast, Russia's westernmost territory on the south-eastern coast of the [[Place:Baltic Sea|Baltic Sea]], if the U.S. went ahead with its European Ballistic Missile Defense System.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-kaliningrad-missile-crisis|title=The Kaliningrad Missile Crisis|first=Neil|last=Leslie|date=13 November 2008|access-date=December 14, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161129084409/http://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/new-atlanticist/the-kaliningrad-missile-crisis|archive-date=November 29, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.china.org.cn/international/photos/2008-11/06/content_16718295.htm|title=Russia to deploy missiles in Kaliningrad to counter US threat|date=November 6, 2008|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|access-date=April 2, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100715073222/http://www.china.org.cn/international/photos/2008-11/06/content_16718295.htm|archive-date=July 15, 2010|url-status=live}}</ref> On 17 September 2009, US president [[Biography:Barack Obama|Barack Obama]] announced the cancellation of the U.S. missile defense project in Poland and the Czech Republic.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/obama-cancels-missile-defence-and-changes-transatlantic-politics/article1292073/ |location=Toronto |work=The Globe and Mail |title=Obama cancels missile defense and changes transatlantic politics |date=September 25, 2009 |access-date=August 23, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170503115849/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/obama-cancels-missile-defence-and-changes-transatlantic-politics/article1292073/ |archive-date=May 3, 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> The following day, Moscow indicated it might in turn cancel the plans to deploy Iskander missiles to Kaliningrad;<ref>[http://www.vz.ru/politics/2009/9/18/328801.print.html «Искандеры» подождут] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203075159/http://www.vz.ru/politics/2009/9/18/328801.print.html |date=2017-02-03 }} VZ.ru</ref> a few days later, the decision not to deploy was confirmed by Medvedev.<ref>[https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20090926/186483795.html Медведев решил не размещать "Искандеры" в Калининградской области] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170203080313/https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20090926/186483795.html |date=2017-02-03 }} RIA Novosti, 26 September 2009.</ref>

According to Russian unofficial media reports, Russia deployed Iskander missiles to the Kaliningrad Oblast as part of military exercises in March 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-poland-usa-missiles-idUKKBN0MH0N620150321|title=Poland and U.S. Army hold joint air defence exercises near Warsaw|work=Reuters|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151203233900/http://uk.reuters.com/article/2015/03/21/uk-poland-usa-missiles-idUKKBN0MH0N620150321|archive-date=3 December 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

On 8 October 2016, the Russian military confirmed that they had moved Iskander-M missiles into the Kaliningrad Oblast, adding the move was part of routine drills and had happened previously multiple times and would happen in future.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-missiles-confirm-idUSKCN1280IV|title=Russia moves nuclear-capable missiles into Kaliningrad|date=8 October 2016|newspaper=Reuters|access-date=2 July 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170702172206/http://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-usa-missiles-confirm-idUSKCN1280IV|archive-date=2 July 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> A few days after, Chairman of the Defense Committee of the Russian State Duma Vladimir Shamanov commented that the transfer of missile systems Iskander-M into the Kaliningrad region had been effected to counter potential threats from the U.S. missile defense facilities that had been stationed in Europe as well as those that might be stationed subsequently.{{citation needed|date=February 2020}}

In early February 2018, Shamanov confirmed that Russia had deployed an unidentified number of Iskander missiles to the Kaliningrad region.<ref>[https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-nato-missiles/russia-deploys-iskander-nuclear-capable-missiles-to-kaliningrad-ria-idUSKBN1FP21Y Russia deploys Iskander nuclear-capable missiles to Kaliningrad: RIA] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205220714/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-russia-nato-missiles/russia-deploys-iskander-nuclear-capable-missiles-to-kaliningrad-ria-idUSKBN1FP21Y |date=2018-02-05 }} Reuters, 5 February 2017.</ref><ref>[https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20180205/1514006010.html В ГД подтвердили, что комплексы "Искандер" разместили под Калининградом] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205194731/https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20180205/1514006010.html |date=2018-02-05 }} RIA Novosti, 5 February 2018.</ref> Days prior, the local military commanders said that the "park zones" for Iskander missiles deployment had been completed in the Kaliningrad region, as well as in North Ossetia.<ref>[https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20180131/1513691588.html В Калининградской области завершили создание зоны под "Искандер-М"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180206131609/https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20180131/1513691588.html |date=2018-02-06 }} RIA Novosti, 31 January 2018.</ref>

===Armenia===
Armenia reportedly used its Iskander missiles against Azerbaijani forces during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War. According to unconfirmed claims by ex-president of Armenia Serzh Sargsyan, the missiles were fired on the town of Shushi after its capture by Azerbaijani forces in the last days of the war.<ref>{{cite web|date=2021-02-16|title=Serzh Sargsyan: Armenia Fired Iskander Missiles at Shushi|url=https://armenian.usc.edu/serzh-sargsyan-armenia-fired-iskander-missiles-at-shushi/|access-date=2021-02-24|website=USC Institute of Armenian Studies|language=en-US}}</ref> Responding to these claims, Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan neither confirmed nor denied the claim that an Iskander was fired on Shushi, but implied that the missiles that were launched did not explode or only exploded "by 10 percent."<ref name=":0">{{cite web|date=24 February 2021|title=Iskander tactical missile systems were not used in Karabakh, say experts|url=https://tass.com/politics/1259863|access-date=2021-02-24|website=TASS}}</ref> The Armenian prime minister's claims were rejected by a number of Russian lawmakers and military experts as well as by ex-defense minister of Armenia Seyran Ohanyan (under whom the missiles were acquired by Armenia).<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Babayan|first1=Aza|last2=Bedevian|first2=Astghik|date=24 February 2021|title=Armenian PM Accused Of Lying About Russian Missiles|url=https://www.azatutyun.am/a/31119804.html|access-date=2021-02-24|website=Azatutyun|language=en}}</ref> The Russian Ministry of Defence released a statement claiming that the Iskander missiles were not used at all during the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War.<ref>{{cite web|date=25 February 2021|title=Минобороны России заявило, что "Искандеры" не применялись в ходе конфликта в Карабахе|trans-title=The Ministry of Defense of Russia declared that "Iskanders" were not used during the conflict in Karabakh|url=https://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/10783693|access-date=2021-03-02|website=ТАСС|language=ru}}</ref> Another claim was made by an anonymous [[Place:Azerbaijan|Azerbaijan]]i official that Armenian forces fired an Iskander missile at Azerbaijan's capital [[Place:Baku|Baku]] in the last days of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, but it was shot down by an Israeli-made [[Engineering:Barak 8|Barak 8]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Soylu|first=Ragip|date=1 March 2021|title=Israeli defence system shot down Russian missile Armenia fired at Baku|url=http://www.middleeasteye.net/news/azerbaijan-armenia-israel-russia-missile-fired-shot-down|access-date=2021-03-02|website=Middle East Eye|language=en}}</ref> On March 15, employees of the Azerbaijan National Agency for Mine Action, who were demining and clearing the territories from mines and shells in Shushi, discovered the wreckage of an Iskander-M missile with identification number 9M723.<ref>{{cite web|title=Кто выстрелил из "Искандера" по Шуше? - первые версии|url=https://haqqin.az/news/205746|access-date=2021-03-31|website=haqqin.az}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ISKANDER JE IPAK KORIŠĆEN U KARABAHU? Azeri pokazali dokaz, čeka se odgovor Jerevana (FOTO)|url=https://www.srbijadanas.com/vesti/svet/nagorno-karabah-jermenija-azerbejdzan-rusija-iskander-naoruzanje-sukob-rat-2021-03-31|access-date=2021-03-31|website=www.srbijadanas.com|language=sh}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=ANAMA: В Шушу была сброшена ракета "Искандер-М"|url=https://report.az/ru/karabakh/anama-v-shushu-byla-sbroshena-raketa-iskander-m/|access-date=2021-04-02|website=Информационное Агентство Репорт|language=ru}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|date=2021-04-01|title=Şuşaya atılan "İskəndər"dən Ermənistanda yoxdur — Bəs kim edib?|url=https://qafqazinfo.az/news/detail/susaya-atilan-iskenderden-ermenistanda-yoxdur-bes-kim-edib-319058|access-date=2021-04-02|website=Qafqazinfo|language=az}}</ref>

==Variants==
Currently there are seven different types of ballistic and cruise missiles for both variants of the Iskander missile system.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pravdareport.com/news/russia/25-12-2015/132957-iskander_missile-0/|title=New ballistic missile created for Iskander tactical system|date=25 December 2015|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161125023953/http://www.pravdareport.com/news/russia/25-12-2015/132957-iskander_missile-0/|archive-date=25 November 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://tass.com/defense/965611 |title=Military & Defense – Iskander-M system gets new types of missiles — manufacturer |publisher=TASS |access-date=2017-11-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171117161357/http://tass.com/defense/965611 |archive-date=2017-11-17 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Iskander-M===
Variant for the Russian Armed Forces with two '''9M723''' quasi-ballistic missiles with published range 415&nbsp;km.{{Citation needed|date=May 2023|reason=Need a citation for the claimed range.}} Speed Mach 6–7, flight altitude up to 6–50&nbsp;km, nuclear capable missile, controlled at all stages, not ballistic flight path. Immediately after the launch and upon approach to the target, the missile can perform intensive maneuvering to evade [[Engineering:Anti-ballistic missile|anti-ballistic missiles.]]<ref name="ReferenceA">{{cite web|url=http://expert.ru/2014/01/27/neulovimyij-raketnyij-mstitel/|title=Почему ОТРК "Искандер" так пугает наших соседей|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141229140918/http://expert.ru/2014/01/27/neulovimyij-raketnyij-mstitel/|archive-date=29 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Iskander-K===
[[File:Tsentr2015-09.jpg|thumb|Iskander-K]]
"K" for ''Krylataya'' ("Winged") ({{lang-ru|крылатая ракета}}). Variant intended to carry various types of [[Engineering:Cruise missile|cruise missile]]s ({{lang-ru|крылатая ракета}}; literally winged rocket). At present, it includes:
* '''9M728 (SSC-X-7)''' also known as '''R-500''' – flight altitude up to 6&nbsp;km, published range up to 500&nbsp;km<ref>{{cite web |url=http://army-news.ru/images_stati/sostav_Iskander.jpg |title=Photo |website=army-news.ru |format=PDF |access-date=2014-12-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210042508/http://army-news.ru/images_stati/sostav_Iskander.jpg |archive-date=2014-12-10 |url-status=live }}</ref> and automatic adjustment in the way, [[Engineering:TERCOM|follow of terrain relief]] in flight.<ref name="ReferenceA" /> The missile is evolved from 3M10, 3M54/3M14 and Kh-101/102 missiles and can be launched also by the Iskander-M.{{Citation needed|date=January 2021}}
* [[Engineering:Novator 9M729|'''9M729 (SSC-X-8)''']] – new long-range missile that is reportedly land-based version of the 3M14 Kalibr-NK missile complex with a range between {{convert|300-3400|mi}} and may be based even on the air-launched {{convert|5500|km}}-range Kh-101 cruise missile.<ref name=frbe>{{cite web|url=http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-again-flight-tests-illegal-inf-cruise-missile/|title=Russia Again Flight Tests Illegal INF Cruise Missile|publisher=The Washington Free Beacon|date=28 September 2015|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043945/http://freebeacon.com/national-security/russia-again-flight-tests-illegal-inf-cruise-missile/|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2017/02/14/677664-ssha-rossiya|title=США: Россия получила ракету, нарушающую договор РСМД|publisher=Vedomosti|date=14 February 2017|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908203248/https://www.vedomosti.ru/politics/articles/2017/02/14/677664-ssha-rossiya|archive-date=8 September 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> According to RF, its range is only 480&nbsp;km and its specially-developed self-propelled launcher can carry 4 missiles. The 9M729 missile has a higher yield warhead and a new control system for greater accuracy.

Most parts and components of the 9M728 and 9M729 missiles are identical.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tass.com/defense/1041360 |title=Foreign military attaches, media get a look at 9M729 for Iskander-M launchers |access-date=2019-01-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190128030435/http://tass.com/defense/1041360 |archive-date=2019-01-28 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Iskander-E===
"E" for ''Eksport''. The director of the state corporation Rostec Sergey Chemezov commented that the Iskander missile complex is a serious offensive weapon capable of carrying a nuclear warhead. This ballistic missile system is in the military list of products prohibited for export. Iskander missile complexes cannot be exported.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/3342756|title=Чемезов: ракетные комплексы "Искандер" не пойдут на экспорт|access-date=8 October 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161015121406/http://tass.ru/armiya-i-opk/3342756|archive-date=15 October 2016|url-status=live}}</ref>

In 2016, Armenia, a Russian ally and a member of the Collective Security Treaty Organization (CSTO) became the first foreign country to operate the system. Iskander-E has a maximum range up to 280&nbsp;km, to comply with [[Engineering:Missile Technology Control Regime|Missile Technology Control Regime]] restrictions for export,<ref name=38north-20190508>{{cite news |url=https://www.38north.org/2019/05/melleman050819/ |title=North Korea's Newest Ballistic Missile: A Preliminary Assessment |last=Elleman |first=Michael |publisher=The Henry L. Stimson Center |work=38 North |date=8 May 2019 |access-date=9 May 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190509051848/https://www.38north.org/2019/05/melleman050819/ |archive-date=9 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref> and is fitted with a simplified inertial guidance system. It flies on a flattened trajectory under 50&nbsp;km altitude, allowing aerodynamic steering using tail fins, permitting a less predictable flight path and accurate delivery.<ref name=38north-20190508/>  The system can also use missiles carrying warheads with cluster munitions.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military-today.com/missiles/iskander.htm|title=Iskander (SS-26 Stone)|publisher=military-today.com|access-date=21 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124221843/http://www.military-today.com/missiles/iskander.htm|archive-date=24 November 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Operators==
[[File:Iskander from CMD.webm|thumb|Russian Iskander systems of the 119th Missile Brigade.]]
[[File:Iskander.jpg | thumb|right | Iskander of the Armenian army during the military parade in Yerevan]]
[[File:9K720 Iskander Users.png|thumb|Map with users of the 9K720 Iskander in blue]]
* {{ARM}} – 25 units.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/march_2018_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/armenia_will_receive_weapons_from_russia_under_a_$100_million_loan.html|title=Armenia will receive weapons from Russia under a $100 million loan - March 2018 Global Defense Security army news industry - Defense Security global news industry army 2018 - Archive News year|last=Administrator|website=www.armyrecognition.com|access-date=2018-04-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180331164639/http://www.armyrecognition.com/march_2018_global_defense_security_army_news_industry/armenia_will_receive_weapons_from_russia_under_a_$100_million_loan.html|archive-date=2018-03-31|url-status=live}}</ref> Several systems were displayed at the Independence Day parade rehearsal in September 2016. Two managers of the Russian military-industrial complex Rosoboronexport confirmed that four 9K720 Iskander systems were delivered to Armenia per CSTO arms agreement, thus making Armenia, a country in military union with Russia, the first foreign state to have the missile system.<ref>{{cite news|title=СМИ: Армения получила российские комплексы "Искандер-М"|url=http://vz.ru/news/2016/9/16/832988.html|work=Vzglyad|date=16 September 2016|language=ru|access-date=19 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919140406/http://www.vz.ru/news/2016/9/16/832988.html|archive-date=19 September 2016|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/221119/|title=Vedomosti: Russia shipped four Iskander missile systems to Armenia|access-date=2016-09-19|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818085922/http://www.panarmenian.net/eng/news/221119/|archive-date=2017-08-18|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2017, the Defence minister of Armenia told a Russian mass media outlet that the Iskander missiles stationed in Armenia and shown at the military parade in September 2016 were owned and operated by the Armed Forces of Armenia.<ref>[https://ria.ru/interview/20170222/1488534644.html Виген Саркисян: "Искандеры" принадлежат Армении, управляем ими мы] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205124530/https://ria.ru/interview/20170222/1488534644.html |date=2018-02-05 }} RIA Novosti, 22 February 2017.</ref>
* {{flag|Algeria}} – 4 regiments (48 launchers). During the Dubai Airshow 2017 exhibition, representatives of the Federal Service of Military-Technical Cooperation officially confirmed that the Iskander-E missile system was delivered to one of the countries in the [[Finance:MENA|Middle East and North Africa region]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20171115/1508832294.html |title=Россия поставила ОТРК "Искандер-Э" в одну из стран Северной Африки |publisher=RIA Novosti |date=15 November 2017 |access-date=17 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116132538/https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20171115/1508832294.html |archive-date=16 November 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Binnie|first1=Jeremy|title=Russian official says MENA country has Iskander-E missiles|url=http://www.janes.com/article/75755/|website=IHS Jane's 360|access-date=18 November 2017|archive-url=https://archive.today/20171118114011/http://www.janes.com/article/75755/russian-official-says-mena-country-has-iskander-e-missiles|archive-date=18 November 2017|date=16 November 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref> French defense writer Philippe Langloit wrote in the September–October 2017 issue of ''DSI'' magazine that Algeria had received 4 Iskander-E regiments.<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Langloit |first=Philippe |date=22 November 2017 |title=Les Forces Armées Algériennes |url=http://www.areion24.news/produit/dsi-n-131/ |magazine=DSI Magazine |location=France |publisher=Centre d'analyse et de prévision des risques internationaux |pages=56–57 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045013/http://www.areion24.news/produit/dsi-n-131/ |archive-date=1 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> It was confirmed by Kommersant magazine.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3566087|title=Российское оружие удержало свое место|date=2018-05-03|work=Газета "Коммерсантъ"|access-date=2018-03-06|page=1|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181206085011/https://www.kommersant.ru/doc/3566087|archive-date=2018-12-06|url-status=live}}</ref>
* {{BLR}} – bought an undisclosed number of Iskander ballistic missile systems in May 2022, according to a statement made by Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.armyrecognition.com/defense_news_may_2022_global_security_army_industry/belarus_buys_russian_iskander_and_s-400_missile_systems_to_face_nato_threat.html|title=Belarus buys Russian Iskander and S-400 missile systems to face NATO threat|website=armyrecognition.com|date=20 May 2022}}</ref> President Putin has announced a plan to give Belarus nuclear capable Iskander missiles. He said: "can fire ballistic and cruise missiles, both conventional and nuclear types".<ref>{{cite web |date=25 June 2022 |title= Russia promises Belarus Iskander-M nuclear-capable missiles |url= https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-61938111 |publisher=BBC |access-date=26 June 2022}}</ref> The systems were delivered in December 2022 and were allegedly handed over to full Belarusian autonomous control in February 2023.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2022/1220/101570883/detail.shtml|title=ЦАМТО / / Александр Лукашенко: в Белоруссии поставлены на боевое дежурство ЗРС С-400 и ОТРК «Искандер»|website=armstrade.org|accessdate=8 April 2023}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Belarus says it is now operating Russian Iskander missiles autonomously |url=https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/belarus-says-it-is-now-operating-russian-iskander-missiles-autonomously/ar-AA16Zjvd |access-date=2023-02-01 |website=MSN |language=en-US}}</ref> Systems operated by 465th Missile Brigade.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Белорусские военные получили ракетный комплекс "Искандер" – мониторинговая группа |url=https://zn.ua/war/belorusskie-voennye-poluchili-raketnyj-kompleks-iskander-monitorinhovaja-hruppa.html |access-date=2023-05-07 |website=Зеркало недели {{!}} Дзеркало тижня {{!}} Mirror Weekly}}</ref> Another delivery took place in late August 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://tass.com/world/1667637 |title=Another Iskander-M tactical missile system commissioned to Belarusian army |date=2023-08-30 |website=TASS}}</ref>
* {{RUS}} – 160 units (13 rocket brigades with 12 units each, and one unit with 4 units at Kapustin Yar).<ref>{{cite web |title=Комплекс 9К720 Искандер - SS-26 STONE - Структура комплекса и хронология - MilitaryRussia.Ru — отечественная военная техника (после 1945г.) |url=http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-832.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160928004524/http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-832.html |archive-date=28 September 2016 |access-date=8 October 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / В войска Южного военного округа поступил второй бригадный комплект ОТРК "Искандер-М" |url=http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2015/1118/172532235/detail.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170112010839/http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2015/1118/172532235/detail.shtml |archive-date=12 January 2017 |access-date=8 October 2016}}</ref> In service with the Western Military District since 2010.<ref> {{Cite web |url=http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20101214/161766995.html |title=Western military district gets first Iskander tactical missile system |date=2010-12-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220143348/http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20101214/161766995.html |archive-date=2013-12-20 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20130212/179432505/Russian-Army-Chief-Visits-Missile-Academy.html |title=Russian Army Chief Visits Missile Academy |date=2013-02-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220143927/http://en.ria.ru/military_news/20130212/179432505/Russian-Army-Chief-Visits-Missile-Academy.html |archive-date=2013-12-20}}</ref> Missiles are also deployed in [[Place:Armenia|Armenia]].<ref name="Harutyunyan" /> Two deliveries in 2013.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.arms-expo.ru/049057054050124051051056055051.html |script-title=ru:НПК «КБМ» завершила поставки «Искандер-М» за 2013 год |lang=ru |trans-title=KBM NPK finalised Iskander-M deliveries for 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131205163308/http://www.arms-expo.ru/049057054050124051051056055051.html |archive-date=2013-12-05}} 
{{cite-web |url=https://ria.ru/defense_safety/20131114/976887621.html |script-title=ru:Гособоронзаказ на 2013 год по поставкам "Искандер-М" выполнен |trans-title=State Defence Order for 2013 for Iskander-M deliveries fulfilled |lang=ru |date=2013-11-14 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131115183232/http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20131114/976887621.html |archive-date=2013-11-15}}</ref> Missile units in Krasnodar and Stavropol territories as well as in the Republic of Adygea in the 49th Army of the Southern Military District, and a missile brigade in the Eastern Military District received Iskander-M in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |date=19 December 2013 |script-title=ru:Южный военный округ получил комплексы "Искандер-М" |trans-title=The Southern Military District received Iskander-M systems |url=http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20131219/985060165.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129050156/http://ria.ru/defense_safety/20131219/985060165.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=23 December 2014 |work=РИА Новости}}</ref> One more delivery in July 2014.<ref>{{cite web |script-title=ru:НПК "КБМ" передала Минобороны третий комплект ОТРК "Искандер-М" для оснащения ракетной бригады |trans-title=KBM Research and Development Company handed over to the Defence Ministry the third set of Iskander-M missile defence systems to equip a missile brigade |url=http://www.kbm.ru/ru/press-centre/420.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129083220/http://www.kbm.ru/ru/press-centre/420.html |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> Missile brigade, stationed in the Orenburg region, rearmed on "Iskander-M" on 20 November 2014.<ref>{{cite web |date=20 November 2014 |script-title=ru:Ракетная бригада ЦВО перевооружена на новейшие оперативно-тактические ракетные комплексы "Искандер-М" |trans-title=Central Military District missile brigade rearmed with the latest Iskander-M operational-tactical missile systems |url=http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2014/1120/134026698/detail.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129051954/http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2014/1120/134026698/detail.shtml |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> 6th brigade delivered on 16 June 2015 to unit in Ulan Ude (presumably the 103rd Rocket Brigade). Seventh brigade delivered in November 2015 to the Southern Military District.<ref>{{cite web |title=ЦАМТО / Новости / АО "НПК «КБМ" сдало Минобороны РФ шестой бригадный комплект ОТРК "Искандер-М" |url=http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2015/1118/120032221/detail.shtml |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111155303/http://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/news/2015/1118/120032221/detail.shtml |archive-date=11 January 2017 |access-date=8 October 2016}}</ref> All scheduled 120 complexes.<ref>{{cite web |title="Искандер" научили взрывать метро по фотографии |url=http://www.arms-expo.ru/news/archive/iskander-nauchili-vzryvat-metro-po-fotografii-14-11-2011-16-44-00/?sphrase_id=2017576 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129225630/http://www.arms-expo.ru/news/archive/iskander-nauchili-vzryvat-metro-po-fotografii-14-11-2011-16-44-00/?sphrase_id=2017576 |archive-date=29 November 2014 |access-date=23 December 2014}}</ref> 20th Separate Guards Rocket Brigade – 5th Red Banner Army of the Eastern Military District (the brigade stationed in Spassk-Dalniy, Primorsky Krai) – in June 2016. </ref> Next delivery conducted in 2nd quarter of 2017. The contract for two more brigades ned in August 2017 will increase the total number of rocket brigades to 13.<ref>{{cite web |date=2017-08-24 |title=Russian Defence Ministry to receive two brigade sets of the Iskander-M tactic missile complexes : Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation |url=http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12139 rl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830154009/http://eng.mil.ru/en/news_page/country/more.htm?id=12139612@egNews |archive-date=2017-08-30 |access-date=2017-11-30 |publisher=Eng.mil.ru}}</ref> A brigade set of Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile systems has been delivered to the personnel of a missile large unit in the Western Military District in late 2017.<ref>{{cite web |title=Military & Defense – Russian troops receive brigade set of Iskander-M ballistic missile system |url=http://tass.com/defense/976880 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032609/http://tass.com/defense/976880 |archive-date=2017-12-01 |access-date=2017-11-30 |publisher=TASS}}</ref> The last brigade was delivered to the WMD for a missile formation of the combined arms army in the Kursk Region in November 2019.<ref>{{cite web |date=25 November 2019 |title=В российской армии завершили перевооружение на "Искандеры" |url=https://tvzvezda.ru/news/forces/content/20191125355-TX9JV.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Troops test-fire Iskander tactical missile system in Russia's south |url=https://tass.com/defense/1098855}}</ref> One more brigade set and two battalion sets were delivered in late 2021.<ref>{{cite web |title=Товарищ Министр обороны Российской Федерации, уважаемые товарищи! |url=https://function.mil.ru/files/morf/Doklad_Krivoruchko_EDP_2022.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220120192631/https://function.mil.ru/files/morf/Doklad_Krivoruchko_EDP_2022.pdf |archive-date=20 January 2022 |access-date=8 May 2022 |website=function.mil.ru |language=Russian}}</ref> More missiles ordered in August 2022 and again in August 2023.<ref>{{cite web |date= |title=ЦАМТО / Главное / На форуме «Армия-2022» подписаны 7 и вручены 29 госконтрактов с 26 предприятиями ОПК |url=https://armstrade.org/includes/periodics/mainnews/2022/0817/084269022/detail.shtml |accessdate=2022-08-26 |publisher=Armstrade.org}}</ref><ref>https://tass.com/defense/1661363</ref>

==Details==
===Specifications===
* Manufacturer: [[Company:Votkinsk Machine Building Plant|Votkinsk Machine Building Plant]] (Votkinsk) – missiles<br />Production Association Barricades (Volgograd) – ground equipment<br />KBM (Kolomna) – developer of the system
* Launch range:
** maximum: 500&nbsp;km (Iskander-M, unofficial)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://tass.com/defense/1013794 |title=Russian strategic bomber to extend Kinzhal hypersonic missile's range — source |website=TASS |date=18 July 2018 |access-date=2 January 2024}}</ref>
** minimum: 50&nbsp;km<ref name="prom" />
* Accuracy:
** 5–7&nbsp;m with terminal phase DSMAC [[Engineering:Optoelectronics|optoelectronic]] homing system (Iskander-M)<ref name="prom" />
** 1–30&nbsp;m 9K720<ref name="dokwar.ru" /><ref name="vpk.name" />
* Time to launch: up to 4&nbsp;min from highest readiness, up to 16&nbsp;min from march<ref name="prom" />
* Interval between launches: less than a minute<ref name="prom" />
* [[Physics:Operating temperature|Operating temperature]] range: −50&nbsp;°C to +50&nbsp;°C<ref name="prom" />
* Burnout velocity: ≈2,100&nbsp;m/s
* Number of missiles:
** on '''9P78''' launcher: 2
** on '''9T250''' transloader: 2
* assigned service life: 10 years
* Crew: 3 (launcher truck)

===System components===
[[File:OTRK Iskander, 2010.jpg|thumb|right|240px|An Iskander transporter-erector-launcher]]
[[File:9T250-1 Iskander-M.JPG|thumb|right|240px|9T250-1 Transporter and loader vehicle]]
[[File:Iskander tochka.jpg|thumb|right|240px|Iskander missiles (right) and an [[Engineering:OTR-21 Tochka|OTR-21 Tochka]] missile (extreme left) on static display]]

The full Iskander system includes<ref name="prom">promotional CD of KBM</ref>
* missiles
* transporter-erector-launcher vehicle (chassis of 8×8 MZKT-79306 ASTROLOG truck)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.military-today.com/missiles/iskander.htm|access-date=2011-05-15|title=Iskander (SS-26 Stone) Short-Range Ballistic Missile|publisher=Military-Today|date=2010-12-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111019071301/http://www.military-today.com/missiles/iskander.htm|archive-date=2011-10-19|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 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 [[Engineering:Conventional weapon|conventional]] [[Engineering:Warhead|warhead]]s for the engagement of point and area targets, including:<ref>{{cite web|url=http://army.lv/ru/9k720/2663/505#info|title=9К720 "Искандер" - оперативно-тактический ракетный комплекс|access-date=23 December 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223201045/http://army.lv/ru/9k720/2663/505#info|archive-date=23 December 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
* 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<ref name="rbase.new-factoria.ru" />

==See also==
* {{annotated link|Engineering:Pralay (missile)|Pralay}}
* {{annotated link|Engineering:Zolfaghar (missile)}}
* {{annotated link|Engineering:Persian Gulf (missile)}}
* {{annotated link|Engineering:B-611}}
* {{annotated link|Engineering:DF-11}}
* {{annotated link|Engineering:Fateh-110}}
* {{annotated link|Engineering:MGM-52 Lance}} (retired in 1992)
* {{annotated link|Engineering:LORA (missile)|LORA}}
* {{annotated link|Engineering:Hrim-2 (missile system)|Hrim-2}}

===Comparable missiles===
* [[Engineering:Kh-47M2 Kinzhal|Kh-47M2 Kinzhal]] (air launched, believed to be based on the Iskander)
* Hyunmoo-2 (may be based on the Iskander)
* {{annotated link|Engineering:KN-23}}

==Gallery==
<gallery mode="packed">
File:Iskander-K_TEL_Army-2022.jpg|Russian Armed Forces Iskander-K TEL 9P78-1 raising two containers for 9M728 missiles, military-technical forum Army-2022, Alabino range, Moscow region, Russia
File:Кадры работы расчетов ОТРК «Искандер» 003.png|null
File:Кадры работы расчетов ОТРК «Искандер» 002.png|With "V" marking for use in Ukraine 
File:9K720 Iskander (SS-26 Stone) (41253217174).jpg|Rehearsal of 2018 Victory day parade in Moscow
File:Vostok2014-Day2-Iskander-M-04.jpg|SKSHU "Vostok-2014". Day two: missile launch of the Iskander-M OTRK by the 107th missile brigade for a training target
File:Vostok2014-Day2-Iskander-M-05.jpg|SKSHU "Vostok-2014". Day two: missile launch of the Iskander-M OTRK by the 107th missile brigade for a training target
File:Alabino220415part1-42.jpg|9P78-1 TEL for Iskander-M system in Alabino during rehearsals for the 2015 Moscow Victory Day Parade
File:A camouflaged Iskander-M complex during an exercise in Transbaikalia. June 2021.jpg|A camouflaged Iskander-M complex during an exercise in Transbaikalia, June 2021
File:OTRK Iskander, 2010.jpg|A Russian OTRK Iskander system during the 2010 Victory day parade in Moscow
File:Iskander tochka.jpg|Transporter erector launcher "Iskander-E" with two missiles and "Tochka-U" launcher (lhs background) at the display of military equipment exhibition dedicated to the anniversary of victory in the Battle of Stalingrad, in Volgograd 2 February 2008
File:Iskander demo Army-2016.jpg|A launcher 9P78-1 of Russian missile system 9K720 Iskander in foreground and a transloader 9T250 in the background shown at Army-2016
File:9T250-1 Iskander-M.JPG|9T250-1 Transport Loader for Iskander-M system, view from above, at the 2015 Victory Day Parade in Moscow
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==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20061017091312/http://www.defense-update.com/products/i/iskander.htm SS-26 Stone @ Defense Update]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090131091220/http://en.rian.ru/img/118288575_free.html Infographics]
* [http://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/ss-26-iskander/ CSIS Missile Threat – SS-26 (Iskander)]

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