Tactical ballistic missiles Iskander SS-26 are now deployed in the West of Russia

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Monday, 14 December 2010, 12:30 PM

 
Tactical ballistic missiles Iskander SS-26 are now deployed in the West of Russia.
 
 
Tactical missiles systems Iskander SS-26 are now deployed in the Western Russian military region, announced this December 14, 2010, the commander-in-chief of the Arkadi Bakhine region during a press conference organized by RIA Novosti.
     
     

"Our military region received the new systems of Iskander SS-26 missiles ", indicated the commander-in-chief of the Arkadi Bakhine region

The high accuracy tactical missiles SS-26 Iskander are intended to destroy ground medium targets, as missiles mounted on launching pads, long range artillery weapons systems or anti-missiles or anti-aircraft ground defense systems. The range of SS-26 Iskander in export version is around 280km, in version for the Russian Army - 500km.