Iskander-M/K (SS-26 Stone):

flamming_python wrote:
.... I thought as much, but the S-300V missiles have a velocity of Mach 4.5 AFAIK. During the terminal phase, the Iskander in order to manuever, lowers its speed considerably lower than Mach 4.5 - is it not possible for a S-300V missile to check its manuevers and successfully intercept it at that stage? ....

the Iskander does slow down to Mach 4 in its terminal phase. But it goes into a random spiraling motion pulling 20 to 30G turns. It's extremely difficult to intercept.

Iskander missiles to get precision technology

According to the Russian military, Russian defence engineers are developing a super-accurate rocket for the Iskander-M land-based mobile short-range ballistic missile system.

Equipped with a self-guided conventional or nuclear warhead, the new weapon should strike within 15 metres of its intended target.

Modern cruise missiles strike within 3 metres.

Iskander accuracy was already reported as ~3-5 meters with optical warhead....wut

They are talking about self guiding warheads, so I suspect they mean the night and all weather capable radar homing seekers which had CEPs of 20m. The optical guidance seeker offered better accuracy, but was less all weather and night capable.

U.S Space-Based Sensors, A Ballistic Missile’s Worst Nightmare.

Space-based sensors can expand the range and effectiveness of the U.S. Navy’s Aegis Ballistic Missile Defense System (BMDS) capabilities, a recent missile defense test has shown.

Conducted Feb. 13 by the Navy and U.S. Missile Defense Agency (MDA), an Aegis “launch on remote” test used tracking data from the Space Tracking and Surveillance System-Demonstrators satellites to form a fire control solution for the missile interceptor.

Link

Has the 9K720 Iskander (SS-26 Stone) been beaten???

The A-60 airborne laser system is designed to deal with recon and optical satellites.

Equally the threat of the Iskander is not that you don't know it is coming... the threat is that your interceptors can't anticipate an accurate interception point because it is continuously manouvering... satellite early warning does not change that.

Iskander travels mostly in the atmosphere at 40 - 50 Km Altitude , I doubt any space based sensors can track these kind of missiles for long , specially when its using slow burning solid fuel during cruise phase.

Brigade of ISKANDER-M delivered to Russian Army

Russian Defense Minister Gen. Sergei Shoigu took part in the ritual transfer of brigade sets of operational-tactical missile complex "Iskander-M".

http://sdelanounas.ru/blogs/35761/

What is interesting is that ballistic and winged missiles where delivered together  

Powerful pictures









and many other excellent pictures

http://i-korotchenko.livejournal.com/680796.html

Wow, Kortchenko delivering for once.

Very interesting covers.

TR1 wrote:Wow, Kortchenko delivering for once.

Very interesting covers.

Yes, mighty photos. Even highly limited but combined ballistic and winged missile strikes is something few nation on Earth can hope to survive and not one of them is

in EU.

Do you know the number of launchers per brigade?

- launchers and reload vehicles (as I managed to find it is 12 launchers and 12 reload) but still I remember reading about up to 24 launchers

(120 launchers in 5 brigades by 2015)

- found it

According to the plans, announced in early 2011, during the execution of the state armaments program for 2011-2020 gg (Adopted 31.12.2010) plans to supply the armed forces of 10 missile brigades complexes "Iskander-M". August 1, 2011 Deputy Minister of Defense of Russia D.Bulgakov said that all Russian aircraft into service is planned to take 120 complexes "Iskander". In 2011, between the Ministry of Defence of Russia and NPK "MSC" a contract for the supply of brigade sets of complexes "Iskander-M" ballistic and cruise missiles.

LINK

So its 12 launchers and 12 reloads per brigade.

and from the same link we have

2007 is planned to start arming complexes missile brigades: the composition - 3 missile battalion, each with three batteries - each 3 SPU and tools to ensure - total in the orbr 27 complexes and 100 missiles for them . Including planned to equip complexes 103rd ORBR SibVO and 107 th ORBR FEB (as of 2009 these teams do not re-started or not reported).

Where we have much bigger composition. 

Any info, which cruise missiles is Iskander-M using? Klub land attack cruise missile or any other type?

The Iskander-K uses a '500km' range cruise missile most likely based on the 2,500km range Kalibr.

BTW those vehicle covers appear to be the ballistic missile equivalent of Nakidka... nice.

The Iskander-K vehicle that was shown at AMKS-2007 had a raised roof and two rows of missiles. The vehicle that was revealed a few days ago to the Defense Minister does not have the raised deck and has only one row of missiles. But, I am not sure the missiles are the same. The missile containers from the MAKS-2007 show look a bit smaller to me.
Please have another look.

The vehicle and missiles from MAKS-2007:





The recently shown vehicle and missiles:

All Russian Missile Brigades to Get Iskander Systems by 2018


MOSCOW, June 28 (RIA Novosti) – Iskander-M ballistic missile systems, which can effectively engage two targets within a minute at a range of up to 280 kilometers, will be provided to all Russian Ground Forces missile brigades by 2018, the country’s defense minister said Friday.

The missiles have a non-ballistic flight path that is difficult for the enemy to predict and are guided throughout their flight.

On Friday, a missile brigade in southern Russia’s Astrakhan Region received an advanced Iskander-M missile complex, which “has no match in the world for its tactical specifications,” Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on a visit to the facility, Russian media reported.

The complex was delivered in a complete set, rather than “piecemeal” as previously done, the minister said. He stressed the importance of ensuring high personnel-training standards and the construction of new infrastructure for the system to be operated effectively.

In 2011, then-President Dmitry Medvedev announced plans to deploy Iskander missiles in Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad Region, to counter the threat posed by US plans to deploy missile defense elements in Europe. NATO and the United States have insisted that the shield would defend NATO members against missiles from North Korea and Iran and would not be directed at Russia.

Russia proposed a joint missile defense system, an idea that many experts both at home and abroad dismiss as unviable and unrealistic. Then it demanded “legally binding guarantees” that US/NATO missiles would not be aimed at Russia.

Since Moscow’s proposal received a lukewarm response in the West, Russia has been warning of unspecified low-cost “asymmetric measures” to counter the future Western missile defense system.

http://en.rian.ru/military_news/20130628/181939989/All-Russian-Missile-Brigades-to-Get-Iskander-Systems-by-2018.html

The missiles look the same to me, but you could be right about the arrangement...we'll see.

The original Iskander can raise both of the missiles it carries one at a time or together, perhaps the cruise missile version has two cruise missiles on each of the weapon raising hydraulic systems so it can raise two missiles or four?

Each of the Iskander missiles lay side by side in the launcher so perhaps the two twin cruise missiles do the same.

http://bmpd.livejournal.com/661514.html

The 2nd (and last) Iskander-M brigade of 2013 enters service.

TR1 wrote:http://bmpd.livejournal.com/661514.html

The 2nd (and last) Iskander-M brigade of 2013 enters service.

I did not read the artice carefully at first (arms-tass.su) - had not time in recent days and did not understand that this is a second Iskander brigade delivered this year. This is just great. 

But what thrills me the most is the part which says that starting 2013, each year 2 Iskander brigade sets will be delivered. That means that by 2020 Russian army will have much more 

than 10 Iskander brigade sets ordered in 2011. 

Souther military district received new Iskander battalion today. 



First division of Iskander-M missiles delivered to Russia’s southern military district


this is most likely part of the two Iskander brigades delivered to Army during this year but now passed on to units.

Excellent photos of 26th missile brigade armed with Iskander , Luga (Leningrad region)











http://sashapak.livejournal.com/98445.html

Another missile in development for Iskander systems     


Engineering Design Bureau creates a new missile for "Iskander-M"

Kolomna (Moscow region), Feb. 10. (ARMS-TASS). Engineering Design Bureau (KBM, Kolomna) is developing a new missile to equip tactical missile system (PTRC) "Iskander-M". This correspondent. ARMS-TASS General Director and General Designer Valery Kashin MSC.

Well Technically all Russian service missiles are called Iskander-M or Tender... Iskander-E is the export model.

Russian Missile Troops Test-Fire Iskander Systems During Military Drills

MOSCOW, June 2 (RIA Novosti) – Russian armed forces are conducting a routine check of the military units in the country’s Western Military District, equipped with long-range high-precision Iskander missiles, the Ministry of Defense stated Monday.

From May 27 to June 5, missile troops of the Western Military District will take part in the war games together with the Long-Range Aviation Command. The troops are equipped with tactical ballistic missile system Iskander-M and long-range aircraft.

The main objective of the exercise is to train to engage vital targets with high-precision missiles and test the level of preparedness of various control systems and equipment responsible for electronic warfare and intelligence gathering. The efficiency of targeting will be evaluated by unmanned aircraft.

The Ministry of Defense did not specify in which region the exercise was taking place. Earlier the Russian government mentioned a possibility of deploying Iskander missiles to the Kaliningrad region, a westernmost Russian enclave in Europe surrounded by Poland and Lithuania.

In December last year, Russian President Vladimir Putin noted that the decision about placing Iskander missiles in Kaliningrad had not yet been made, with Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov further explaining that “it’s up to the military to decide when there’s a need to deploy.”

The discussion about the deployment of Iskander missiles resumed this year after NATO’s statement about “unprecedented” activity of the US and NATO in Eastern Europe.

Russia’s tactical ballistic missile system Iskander is one of the country’s most powerful missiles stationed with the nation’s ground forces. Iskander missiles are nuclear-capable and can make use of different types of reentry vehicles to engage a wide range of targets, from enemy military units to underground command centers.

Iskander systems were successfully tested in 2007. The Russian army currently uses its Iskander-M and Iskander-K variants. There is also an export version, dubbed Iskander-E, with just one rocket on the ballistic missile launcher instead of two and the range of up to 280 kilometers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5zY0PJ-ayEk

Iskander-K launch at 2:33