It’s probably why Russia deployed the weapon to Syria, if the reports of the missile’s presence are correct. However, they have very little common with each other, besides the fact that they transport warheads into enemy territory (as does strike aircraft). A target imitating a critical object of a conditional enemy was destroyed. The weapon affords Russia the ability to use its Baltic exclave to threaten U.S. missile defense installations in Poland and more generally to intimidate its neighbors. Tank trucks should, except when refueling aircraft, be more than one kilometer away from the airfield. The recent reports suggest that the Russian Iskander ballistic missile system has a range which exceeds 500 kilometres. “This system, the Iskander-M, has a great potential for modernization, which is happening in terms of armaments and missiles in particular. However, professor Stefan Forss already in 2012 noted that the official numbers doesn’t quite add up, and calculated a range of 500-750 km, while also noting that some Russian sources “could imply a heavy penetrating warhead weighing about 1,300 kg.” Note though that 700+ km ranges aren’t possible with such a heavy warhead in current configuration (the range calculations were made based on a 400 kg nuclear warhead). Finnish blogger in reserve, defence and national security. A missile brigade, there are ten to twelve in total in the Russian Armed Forces, feature twelve launchers meaning that the opening salvo of all Russian operational Iskanders would have a hard cap of 288 missiles. It isn’t a pure ballistic trajectory, the missile is guided and can make course changes, but it can’t e.g. Not vessels, but two complete projects of eight vessels in total. The Iskander carries decoys and moves at very high speed before impact, making it difficult to intercept or control the damage it can suddenly inflict. The Iskander-M is a threat. Medvedev opened the speech for talks with the Western powers, with the threat of leaving the START agreement from 2010. Now, as the cruise missile flies like an aircraft towards its target it can also be shot down like one, using the regular means of fighters and ground based air defences. In the Orenburg region, Russian rocket launchers successfully launched the Iskander-M cruise missile during the Center-2019 exercises. As such, the Iskander is extremely difficult to intercept with current missile defense technologies. This figure, 500 km, goes contrary to what has been said before during the Bush era. To assess the effectiveness of the strike into the air, the Orlan-10 UAV was raised. Have you figured out yet which facilities to consentrate the defense areas on? Finland is within range of the Kalibr of both the Baltic as well as the Northern Fleet, where the vessels of the Northern Fleet effectively are beyond the reach of the anti-ship weapons of the Finnish Defence Forces. The missile is intended to accurately strike targets at hundreds of kilometres away. The new missile tested by North Korea outwardly appears to be a Russian Iskander (9M723, SS-26), short-range ballistic missile (SRBM) which has a range of about 280 km when carrying a 450-500 kg warhead. The Finnish Air Force operate the AGM-158 JASSM cruise missile, while the Navy’s current and upcoming anti-ship missiles both exhibit similar traits (it is largely a question of nomenclature/taxonomy rather than any practical differences if anti-ship missiles should be counted amongst cruise missiles or as a detached family of their own). Often the cruise missiles fly towards their targets at very low altitude, using the terrain to mask their approach. It’s also equipped with decoys to spoof interceptor missiles. Iskander-M (NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone), a quasi-ballistic missile complex with an officially declared range of 400 kilometers, is currently limited by the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF) agreement signed between the United States and the Soviet Union back in 1987. This is a large missile carried by the MiG-31 heavy fighter. What is seems to have come to, is that the frigates will be able to sense these missiles and shoot them down with SM6. Learn how your comment data is processed. Actually, since Iskander max speed is oficially 2100 m/s, it cannot “dive” faster either. © Copyright 2021 Center for the National Interest All Rights Reserved, Air War: Stealth F-22 Raptor vs. F-14 Tomcat (That Iran Still Flies), A New Report Reveals Why There Won't Be Any 'New' F-22 Raptors, How an ‘Old’ F-15 Might Kill Russia’s New Stealth Fighter, Report: Russia's Dangerous Iskander-M Ballistic Missiles Are Now in Syria. Meanwhile, Russia has not stopped development work on Iskander upgrades—new missiles are being developed for the system. However, I will here leave the tactical nuclear threat aside, because during all these years the INF Treaty has been discussed in connection with the Iskander system, no major player has ever publicly mentioned the word “nuclear warhead” on either the American or Russian side in connection with the introduced discussion of the Iskander system. They are in essence unmanned aircraft carrying a warhead to a target. If those systems were supplemented by radar or electro-optical sensors, the Iskander’s accuracy could be better than 10m. The head of the Russian General Staff, Nikolaj Makarov, in an article published on November 17, 2011 in the Washington Post stated that; “Under certain circumstances, local and regional conflicts may escalate to a full-scale war, involving nuclear weapons”. Cruise missiles can make tricky targets due to their low altitude, speed, and (in some cases) stealthiness, but a modern SAM-system such as the NASAMS of the Finnish Army should have no problem in bringing down one, provided it is located in the appropriate spot. After some delay, the Russian military accepted the missile into service in 2006.2 Words have meanings and consequences as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan found out when he told a journalist last week that the powerful Russian Iskander regain height once it has started diving. (This first appeared in 2016 and is being reposted due to reader interest and breaking … Partly this stems from the lack of a clear specification, both for operational security reasons and because the system violates the (recently deceased) INF-treaty. A new version of the Iskander would undoubtedly be even more problematic to intercept. Kinzhal seems to be a more realistic option compared to several other of the unveiled systems, but exact specifications and whether Russia will field a conventionally armed version are still unclear. For Kinjal, the carrying Mig-31 can grant additional 20 km height and 2M speed so perhaps the missile can reach Pershing-2 speed and range (about 1800 km). Generally, if people refer to something simply as the “Iskander”, it is the ballistic missile-carrying Iskander-M they mean. PM Pashinyan said that the Iskander missiles launched during the short war with Azerbaijan over the Nagorno-Karabakh region “didn’t explode or maybe 10 percent of them exploded.” When asked why the Iskander disappointed, Pashniyan hinted at the missile’s old age: “I don’t know… maybe they were weapons from the ‘80s.” A salvo of Iskander missiles could inflict a great deal of damage upon the military infrastructure of an adversary like Ukraine even if they were not carrying nuclear warheads. We already have the capability to defend against cruise missiles in all three services, with weapons such as the NASAMS, Umkhonto, and the AIM-120 AMRAAM. Sweden and Finland may display tempting targets on our ground, at least if Iskander has a range of >500 kilometers with a 750 kg nuclear core charge. The 9K720 Iskander-M—known in NATO parlance as the SS-26 Stone—is a potent short-range ballistic missile. Words have meanings and consequences as Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan found out when he told a journalist last week that the powerful Russian … What exactly do you expect will be the target in copenhagen? Trying to shoot down a maneuvering target falling towards the earth at eight times the speed of sound is extremely difficult, and require a very fast missile placed close to the target of the Iskander. The 9K720 Iskander-M—known in NATO parlance as the SS-26 Stone—is a potent short-range ballistic missile. Video of Armenian forces launching the Iskander missiles first surfaced on November 9, just hours before the cease-fire agreement was announced. Korotchenko added that the Iskander-M missile system may be armed with both ballistic and cruise missiles, which allows for a flexible approach when it comes to destroying targets. Just not for their ballistic missiles. The weapon is officially in use aboard a number of modern Russian warships (including submarines), and likely it is this very missile that is carried by the Iskander-K under the designation 9M729. Post was not sent - check your email addresses! The first documented use of the Iskander has been in the Russo-Georgian War after the death of Dutch journalist Stan Storimans on 12 August 2008 in Gori. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. While export versions of the missile … Change ). If it is the unstoppable nature of the ballistic missile that makes the Iskander-M a threat, it is the large number of missiles coupled with the vast range that makes the Kalibr/Iskander-K one. However, like the earlier missiles, the Iskander is only capable of attacking fixed targets. I think it landed on one realistic spot worthy of having an air defense – FRA’s location at Lovön. Granted there could be a second wave, possibly even a third, but the supply of missiles aren’t endless. It’s the same for you Danish for sure. The missile complexes of Iskander-M were delivered to four missile brigades of the district." The weapon would allow Russian forces to strike deep into Turkey, Jordan, Lebanon and Israel with virtual impunity—though Tel Aviv has been actively working with Moscow to de-conflict their forces. Putin's Air-Launched Hypersonic Weapon Appears To Be A Modified Iskander Ballistic Missile Russia seems to have adapted their Iskander short-range ballistic missile … In addition, there is widespread confusion amongst non-defence geeks about how exactly the Iskander and other ballistic missiles differ from the more widespread cruise missiles, and how to defend against enemy Iskander-attacks. Shortly after Makarov’s statement, in November 2011, Russia’s President Dimitrj Medvedev spoke on the television channel Russia Today and mentioned in passing a 500-kilometer range for the Iskander missiles and he also explained that Russia will be forced to withdraw from the Start Agreement if the American missile base is built in Poland, and that Russia may or may not build its own missile shield. In the end destruction caused by traditional air strikes coupled with cruise missiles will quickly become a bigger issue. However, this is not in and by itself a war-winning weapon. What about any of the later skills in that chain such as the increased elemental damage or the boosts to burn, frostburn, and electrocute? Moreover, the Iskander missile made a direct hit on the arms depot, causing it to explode and inflicting extensive damage on the tank battalion. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. Most assessors nowadays (from 2015 and forward) consider that Iskander’s “extended range version” with a range of over 600 km must be the cruise missile Iskander-K and not the ballistic missile Iskander-M. Maybe it is so. Acquiring point-defence capabilities against the Iskander for four possible targets would be a project comparable in cost to two Squadron 2020-projects. Phrases such as “the ability to defend against Iskander and Kalibr-missiles” are sometimes thrown around as if they are referring to a single capability, when in fact they are vastly separate issues. Both versions of the Iskander have a single warhead equipped terminal guidance systems, but the missile’s accuracy depends on the variant. If a second and third MOP is used in the bulls eye, will it continue to dig down at the same rate? In DK we have had some of the same discussions. As said, the exact performance is shrouded in secrecy. But the missile is big and vulnerable, since it is guided all the time so any damage will guarantee it will miss. The most often quoted figures is a range of 400-500 km, and a warhead of 700 kg. The Iskander can be equipped to carry a variety of warheads types. For those into the details, the system’s official GRAU designation is 9K720 while the missile itself is designated 9M723. It’s also equipped with decoys to spoof interceptor missiles. FRA is equivalent to the NSA. A non-nuclear ballistic missile could still carry non-conventional weapons, like biological and chemical weapons. Also, the missile must be very close to the target," Häggblom contended. Granted, that’s less efficient than to modify a “sprayer” aircraft to spray the chemicals everywhere, but it could work. The INF Treaty only regulates the range and the number of missiles allowed, not the warheads as such. Still there are many more weak spots than we possibly could hope to defend. This blog will strive to sort out some of these misconceptions, and give a picture of how the Iskander threat should be evaluated. As such, it is hard to argue with the official Finnish position that we’ll simply have to disperse and be prepared to suffer a number of Iskander hits, while at the same time investing further in medium-range air defence capabilities to defend against cruise missiles and enemy aircraft. During combat operations, it would be used to destroy both stationary and moving targets. The combination of Squadron 2020, HX, and the Army’s new GBAD-program will make the skies over Finland much deadlier for an attacker in the upcoming decades. But they eventually figured out that it was a hype to think bigger than one or two air defense areas. This would likely be lower as 100% availability is usually restricted to utopia and all brigades wouldn’t be directed against a single target anymore than all armoured brigades would. One unconfirmed report suggests that Russia has deployed the Iskander short-range ballistic missile to the region—a potentially worrying development if true. The 9M729 is also at the centre of the INF-controversy which led to the US declaring the treaty void (INF doesn’t cover sea-based missiles, but as soon as the Kalibr was brought ashore it became illegal under the INF-treaty). However, the Iskander isn’t exactly cheap either. The Patriot system does feature missiles capable of intercepting Iskanders (though their efficiency is questioned), and this is what the Swedish Army is in the process of acquiring. The 9K720 Iskander-M—known in NATO parlance as the SS-26 Stone—is a potent short-range ballistic missile. The accuracy, range and ability to penetrate defenses allow it to function as … The standard complex includes two missiles each with … The size, range, operating methods, launching platforms, and warhead types varies, but in essence they have an engine and wings to allow them to fly long distances, and then crash into whatever their target is. In 2015, Armenia became the first country to acquire the Iskander surface-to-surface missile system from Russia. Commenting on the words of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan about the low efficiency of the Russian Iskander missile systems during the second Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh war, Korotchenko stressed that this statement reflects the nature of the internal political showdown. Another location could be the hospital. ( Log Out /  the path an object would take if you would throw it. Yes, confusingly enough there is both a ballistic missile-carrying version of the Iskander and a cruise missile-carrying version. The Russian Iskander-M tactical missile system is a cornerstone of Russia’s defense capability. As opposed to ballistic missiles, cruise missiles have shown a nasty tendency to proliferate. A big rocket engine propels the Iskander up in the air, after which it will fall down onto the target. Recommended: Air War: Stealth F-22 Raptor vs. F-14 Tomcat (That Iran Still Flies), Recommended: A New Report Reveals Why There Won't Be Any 'New' F-22 Raptors, Recommended: How an ‘Old’ F-15 Might Kill Russia’s New Stealth Fighter. Despite Moscow’s partial withdrawal from Syria, additional Russian forces have appeared in theatre. Nonetheless, the missile effectively replaces the OTR-23 Oka (SS-23 Spider) nuclear-tipped ballistic missile—which was eliminated by the INF treaty. A 700 kg warhead hitting within 10 meters, especially considering the kinetic energy of the approaching missile, does make the weapon viable to use against individual buildings with a conventional (i.e. The most famous example of a modern Russian cruise missile is the 3M14 Kalibr land-attack missile (think Tomahawk/TLAM), which sports a range of 2,000 km and comes in at a unit cost of 1.1 million Euro. Can it be said any more clear? The Iskander missile dives towards the target at speeds of 2-3 kilometer per second. The Kinzhal seems to be a modified version of the Iskander-M missile, which thanks to higher launch speed and height gives it a range of over 800 km (1,000 to 3,000 km is often quoted, but it seems that these numbers include the combat range of the aircraft). We can only hope that the Russians have reconcidered since. Armenia launched at least one Russian-made short-range Iskander ballistic missile at Baku in November during the Nagorno-Karabakh war, but it was shot down by Azerbaijan, a senior official briefed on the incident told Middle East Eye. But the range of Iskander-M tends to be lowered according to what the Kremlin says for political reasons. But the range of Iskander-M tends to be lowered according to what the Kremlin says for political reasons. While export versions of the missile have a range of 280 kilometers and payload of 480Kg, the weapons destined for domestic service have a range 500 kilometers, according to Global Security. The Iskander was designed to evade missile defenses. Targets would range from surface-to-air missile batteries, enemy short-range missiles, airfields, ports, command and communication centers, factories and other hardened targets. Civilian targets can rarely be defended unfortunately. As for the MOP, how is the technology there as first round penetrates up to 61 meter. Today, many here in Sweden say 400 km. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. The Russians have Iskander-M. Sweden and Finland also have to spread our aircrafts over the surface when they are standing on the ground so that the Russians are not tempted to use Kassetnaja warheads on Iskander-M against our aircraft, with sub-munition exploding and emitting projectiles from 1 km altitude. This complex has a very low non-nuclear use barrier, and the long range of missiles and their ability to overcome missile defense can immediately lead to enormous damage to the NATO air forces in the event of Iskander attacks on airfields, ammunition depots and materiel and the like. In part this is due to the low(er) cost compared to modern ballistic missiles of the same class as the Iskander. The Iskander is not a strategic weapon—it’s a tactical ballistic missile. Iskander-M missiles in Russia’s Far East can reach targets in China’s new Northern Theater Command north of Beijing. The said system is also said to be capable of striking targets at distances of up to 700 kilometres. Either way, that means that the nuclear-capable Iskander-M complies with the limitations of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty. Do you expect the solution for how to protect your Naval base to be one in which your frigates are manned 24/7 even when they are at port in the Naval base? Commenting on the words of Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan about the low efficiency of the Russian Iskander missile systems during the second Armenia-Azerbaijan Nagorno-Karabakh war, […] Supplies of ‘Iskander’ missiles to Armenia … The Iskander-M is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system designed to be used in theater level conflicts with an official range of up to 500 km (minimum-50 km) to comply with the limits of the INF Treaty. I do not think so! The missile likely has a CEP better than 10 meter under ideal circumstances, i.e. But the real reach of Iskander-M depends on the missile loaded on its launcher…is it the 9M723 ballistic missile with reported 500-km range or is it the 9M728 cruise missile also with reported (but more difficult to believe) 500-km range. ( Log Out /  The bunkerbuster MOP (GBU-57A/B) has a penetration of down to 61 m below the ground which makes a fuel depot pretty smoked. This will be looked into. half of the missiles will fall within that distance of the target. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. We had a similar loose discussion in Sweden about the air defense of Stockholm. Words have meanings and consequences as PM Nikol Pashinyan found out when he told a journalist last week that the powerful Russian Iskander missiles, supposedly fired … An investigation by the Dutch government revealed that a single, 5 mm fragment from an anti-personnel sub-munition, carried by an Iskander missile, killed the Dutch journalist. Dave Majumdar is the defense editor for The National Interest. So is the Kalibr/Iskander-K and other cruise missiles. Consequently, it may be that Russia wants to bail out of the INF Treaty for the possibility of extending the range of Iskander-M with conventional explosive charges. The basic Iskander, Iskander-M, is a ballistic missile. The Kinzhal uses a modified Iskander-M missile and has also been advertised as an anti-ship weapon and “carrier killer.” Compared to the relatively long-range Kinzhal, the 500-km declared range of the Iskander-M makes it less threatening to foreign aircraft carriers and battle groups which could remain outside its reach. ( Log Out /  Copenhagen is a big city. According to Missile Threat, a purely inertially-guided variant would have a 200m circular probability of error accuracy, but coupled with GPS or GLONASS, that could be reduced to 50m or less. To be able to shoot down a missile at such speeds, a very advanced air defence missile is required. The debris from a Russian Iskander-M missile fell out of the designated test area, the Kazakhstan Ministry of Defense reported.. On January 9 th, 2020, during the planned exercises at the test center of the Russian Ministry of Defense, which is leasing landfills in the Republic of Kazakhstan in accordance with the interstate agreement between Kazakhstan and Russia of 1995, the debris of one … Individual concrete hangars for the aircraft come in handy because of the Kassetnaja on Iskander-M. Does the skill Arcanist skill "Iskander's Elemental Exchange" provide any bonuses when using your skills or is it literally just factoring into melee and ranged weapon attacks? Most assessors nowadays (from 2015 and forward) consider that Iskander’s “extended range version” with a range of over 600 km must be the cruise missile Iskander-K and not the ballistic missile Iskander-M. Maybe it is so. The 9K720 Iskander (SS-26 Stone in NATO nomenclature) is a mobile, short-range ballistic missile system of Russian design, in service with the Armenian military. A short note on the Kh-47M2 Kinzhal. After the fuel is out, the missile is relatively light and “fat” so it will loose speed rapidly on reentry (some -5g below 10 km heights). Few modern weapon systems have the power to captivate popular imagination the way the Iskander does. That means the Iskander is a versatile weapon. That is, the standard array of missiles is growing and new missiles are being developed,” Aleksandr Dragovalovsky deputy commander of Russia's missile forces told state-owned Sputnik in November 2015. Your Naval base is on the other side of Själland! According to Missile Threat, the weapon can maneuver at more than 30g during its terminal phase. The word “ballistic” means that the missile roughly follows a ballistic trajectory, i.e. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. Both of these was part of the new defense budget. Sorry, your blog cannot share posts by email. Highly mobile and stealth, it can hardly be detected even with the help of space reconnaissance assets. Another reason for the allure is that the system represents a new capability, which so far has not been found in the Russian (nor in too many other countries’) arsenal, and lastly but not least the simple fact that it can carry nuclear warheads. While export versions of the missile have a range of 280 kilometers and payload of 480Kg, the weapons destined for domestic service have a range 500 kilometers, according to Global Security. The Iskander is equipped with various systems for in-flight correction and self-targeting, allowing the missile to overcome missile defense systems. As such, the Iskander is extremely difficult to intercept with current missile defense technologies. Now, a hundred unstoppable conventional warheads raining down on Finland would cause issues. non-nuclear) warhead, something which was not the case with Cold War missiles such as the SCUD or Tochka. Russia began development of the Iskander in the late 1980s to replace the OTR-23 “Oka” SRBM. This is what makes shooting down ballistic missiles so hard. It’s because of the missile's ability to overcome missile defenses that Moscow has placed Iskander-M launchers in Kaliningrad.
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