{"id":24209,"date":"2025-02-06T06:45:10","date_gmt":"2025-02-06T01:15:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=24209"},"modified":"2025-04-07T07:53:37","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T02:23:37","slug":"iskander-m","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/iskander-m\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Iskander-M?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Iskander-M<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Iskander (Western reporting name: <strong>SS-26 Stone)<\/strong> is a <strong>road-mobile short-range ballistic missile system<\/strong> developed by <strong>Russia<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>It entered Russian service in 2006. It was first used by the Russians in 2008 against Georgia.<\/li>\n<li>It is designed <strong>for tactical strikes on small, high-value land targets<\/strong>.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>This system can use different types of missiles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Iskander-M Features<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>It is 7.3 meters long, 0.92 meters in diameter, and has a launch weight of 3,750 kilograms.<\/li>\n<li>The missiles possess a <strong>maximum range of 500 km<\/strong> and carry payloads between 480 and 700 kg.<\/li>\n<li>It can carry <strong>conventional and nuclear warheads.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Its missiles can <strong>travel at up to seven times the speed of sound (Mach 7<\/strong>) and can reach an <strong>altitude <\/strong>of <strong>more than 30 miles.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>It <strong>employs <\/strong>a <strong>maneuverable reentry vehicle (MaRV)<\/strong> and decoys to defeat theater missile defense systems.<\/li>\n<li>It is also equipped with various systems for in-flight correction and self-targeting, allowing the missile to overcome missile defense systems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Iskander-M Variants<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Iskander-E: Export version, r<\/strong>ange: 280 km.<\/li>\n<li>I<strong>skander-K:<\/strong> New version, unveiled in 2007, w<strong>ith a new cruise missile R-500, <\/strong>range: 280 km max.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Iskander-M FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the range of the Iskander M missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Iskander M missile has a range of 500 km.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is a ballistic missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. A ballistic missile is a rocket-propelled weapon that follows a high-arching, free-fall trajectory after launch, typically used to deliver warheads over long distances.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is a maneuverable reentry vehicle (MaRV)?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. A MaRV is a type of warhead designed to change its flight path during reentry into the Earth&#8217;s atmosphere, allowing it to evade missile defense systems.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.india.com\/news\/world\/missile-made-by-this-friend-of-india-can-damage-us-production-is-going-on-in-full-swing-know-all-about-the-destructive-plan-here-7594038\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">IND<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iskander-M is a road-mobile short-range ballistic missile system developed by Russia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":24210,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-24209","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}