The main advantage of the "Iskander-M" ballistic complex turned out to be not only the high speed of the missile. The joint work with air defense systems plays a key role, explained air defense analyst Yuri Knutov.
According to him, the characteristics of the S-400 "Triumph" complex missiles are in many ways similar to the parameters of the "Iskander-M" ammunition.
Their speed characteristics and characteristics in terms of effective reflective surface are similar to "Iskander" missiles. As a result, the Patriot complex mistakes these missiles for "Iskander" missiles.
Knutov noted that it becomes significantly more difficult for anti-missile systems to determine which target needs to be tracked first.
The "Iskander-M" has a range of up to 500 km, and the missile's speed at certain stages of flight exceeds Mach 6.