{"id":62746,"date":"2025-09-10T15:22:53","date_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:52:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=62746"},"modified":"2025-09-10T15:22:53","modified_gmt":"2025-09-10T09:52:53","slug":"iskander-k","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/iskander-k\/","title":{"rendered":"Iskander-K"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><b>Iskander-K Latest News<\/b><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Russia struck Ukraine&#8217;s Cabinet building with an Iskander-K missile recently.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>About Iskander-K<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is a <\/span><b>Russian-made mobile short-range cruise missile launcher vehicle<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> based on an <\/span><b>8&#215;8 military truck chassis.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>design <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">of the Iskander-K is very <\/span><b>similar to the Iskander-M,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is <\/span><b>a ballistic missile launcher vehicle.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Iskander-K, <\/span><b>also referred to as SSC-8<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, entered service with the Russian Armed Forces in February 2017.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is designed to perform<\/span><b> tactical-operational strikes.<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><b>Iskander-K <\/b><b>Features<\/b><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For the Iskander-K, the <\/span><b>vehicle <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">can be <\/span><b>fitted with two to six container launcher units.<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>truck launcher<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can run at a maximum road speed of 70 km\/h with a <\/span><b>maximum cruising range of 1,000 km.\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Iskander-K <\/span><b>can launch two types of cruise missiles,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> including the <\/span><b>9M728 (SSC-X-7), <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">also known as the <\/span><b>R-500 <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and the <\/span><b>9M729 (SSC-X-8),<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> a new long-range missile.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400; text-align: justify;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>9M728 cruise missile <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has a <\/span><b>maximum firing range of 500 km,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> while the <\/span><b>9M729 cruise missile<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is designed to destroy land targets and is <\/span><b>able to fly at a low altitude <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to reduce the risks of detection and complicate countermeasures.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Source<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/russian-iskander-missile-hit-ukraine-cabinet-building-warhead-didnt-detonate-2025-9\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">BI<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Iskander-K is a Russian-made mobile short-range cruise missile launcher vehicle based on an 8&#215;8 military truck chassis. 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