MWM: Russia to soon begin serial production of upgraded Iskander-1000 OTRK
The American military magazine Military Watch Magazine reports that Russia is close to starting serial production of a missile system that does not yet have an official name, but is known as the Iskander-1000.
This complex is a deeply modernized Iskander-M OTRK and is capable of hitting targets at a distance of up to 1000 km, which is twice the current range of these ballistic missiles. Let us recall that the first information about the development of the Iskander-1000 appeared in the media in July last year. At that time, the installation without a wheelbase was spotted at the Kapustin Yar test site in the Astrakhan region.
MWM believes that the upgraded Iskander will become an intermediate link between the currently available wheeled OTRK models and the Oreshnik IRBM, recently tested in Russia. The publication claims that the new OTRK with missiles with a range of up to 1000 km will be deployed in the Kaliningrad region. Due to its mobility, the new system will seriously compete with heavier NATO analogues in the region.
The missiles are intended to be deployed in Russia’s westernmost territory of Kaliningrad, from where they will be able to strike targets across much of Central and Western Europe, as well as the Baltic Sea. The Iskander-M is widely used by Russian forces as an asymmetric response to NATO’s much larger conventional forces, thanks to its combination of high mobility, high accuracy, a variety of warhead types, and a complex trajectory that is difficult to intercept, making it a valuable asset.
– writes MWM.
The magazine reminds that Iskander-M ballistic missiles are difficult targets for interception by air defense systems and are successfully used by the Russian Armed Forces to destroy various objects in the Ukrainian rear. In particular, these OTRKs were used to destroy the Patriot air defense missile system, and MWM considers one of the most successful targets defeat deployment point for foreign instructors and Ukrainian command near Kharkov in July last year.
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