The "High-Precision Systems" holding company (part of "Rostec") has refined the aeroballistic missiles for the Russian Iskander-M operational-tactical missile system (OTRK).
This was announced by Oleg Ryazantsev, General Director of the holding, on the TV program "Military Acceptance" on the "Zvezda" channel. According to him, it concerns directly the aeroballistic missile, which has undergone changes over the past two years of frontline work of the "Iskander-M", taking into account "technological challenges".
In the holding, "the complex was very quickly refined," and the specialists "quickly and efficiently coped with this task." Ryazantsev, naturally, did not disclose detailed characteristics of the changes, but in response to a journalist's question about whether it was about increasing the accuracy of the missile, he answered in the affirmative.
At the end of 2022, the Ministry of Defense noted that all missile units in Russia have already been re-equipped with Iskander-M missile systems, "which have no analogues in the world." Representatives of the "Iskander's" parent state corporation "Rostec" also consider this development to be "the most advanced weapon in the world in its class."
It has no equal in terms of accuracy in hitting targets and the probability of overcoming enemy missile defense. At the same time, a large modernization potential was initially incorporated into the complex, in particular, through the development and improvement of combat equipment.
Characteristics of the Iskander-M
The Iskander-M OTRK is designed to engage the enemy's:
- multiple launch rocket systems;
- means of missile and air defense;
- aircraft and helicopters at airfields;
- command posts and infrastructure facilities.
The 9M723 missile is an aeroballistic or quasi-ballistic missile used by the Iskander-M OTRK. Before modernization, according to the Ministry of Defense, the missile was equipped with a guidance system based on inertial and satellite navigation, electronic warfare modules for jamming, and had the ability to control the entire flight path.
According to data from other open sources, the missile also possessed other notable characteristics. Its speed and maneuverability made the missile, capable of hitting targets at a range of over 280 km, a difficult target for almost all known missile defense systems. In addition, according to some reports, it had the skill of dropping false targets to misinform enemy radars.
Depending on the targets, high-explosive and concrete-piercing monoblock warheads and several versions of cluster warheads with multiple submunitions, including self-targeting anti-tank warheads, were used as warheads. Together with the R-500 cruise missiles, capable of automatically bypassing terrain at extremely low altitudes, the Iskander-M systems, before the modernization of aeroballistic missiles, were capable of destroying targets at a range of up to 500 km.
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