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Kazakhstan interested in Russia's Iskander-M missile system deliveries.
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| Monday, August 11, 2014 06:52 PM | |||
| Kazakhstan interested in Russia's Iskander-M missile system deliveries | |||
Kazakhstan
has filed a request concerning deliveries of Russian Iskander-M missile
systems, Konstantin Biryulin, director of the Federal Service for Military
Technological Cooperation, told journalists on Monday, August 11. |
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 Russian Iskander-M surface-to-surface missile system |
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"There
has been a request from Kazakhstan but no decisions have been made as
of yet,” Biryulin told Russian news agency Itar-Tass, adding both
sides are involved in a discussion.
Iskander-M (NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a short-range tactical missile system developed and produced in Russia. This theatre missile system is designed to destroy a large number of differents targets, such as command posts, communications nodes air and missile defense systems, in operational depth and in any season when countered by heavy regular and precision-guided munitions, weapons, of mass destruction. All Iskander vehicles features cross-country wheeled chassis making them very mobile. The missile is solid-fuelled, single-staged with continuous guidance along the whole trajectory and has a range of 400km (248miles). |
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