ISKANDER-ETheatre Missile System

Theatre Missile System

Mission

The Iskander-E theatre missile system is designed to destroy enemy weapons, command posts, communications nodes, tactical aircraft parked on airfields, air and missile defence installations and other critical targets in operational depth round the clock and in any season when countered by heavy regular and precision-guided munitions, weapons of mass destruction, as well as anti-missile defence and EW assets.

Composition

• 9P78E self-propelled launchers • 9T250E transporter-loader vehicles • command vehicle • launch data preparation post • maintenance vehicle • support vehicle

Basic specifications

Range of fire, km: maximum 280 minimum 50 Launch accuracy (circular error probable), m: autonomous application 30-70 coupled with optical homing head 5-7 Missile launch weight, kg 3,800 Payload, kg 480 Missiles per launcher 2 Chassis wheeled, cross-country Pre-launch preparation time, min: from firing position 4 from march 16 Operating temperature range, oC ±50 Features

• high combat capabilities in active countermeasures environment • missile’s failure-safe operation during prelaunch preparation and en route to target • automatic mission profile generation and input performed by the launcher prior to arriving at firing position • high manoeuvrability and strategic mobility owing to system’s transporability by all means • automated C2I support for missile units; • ease of operation and long service life

All Iskander-E’s vehicles feature cross-country wheeled chassis making them very mobile. The missile is solid-fuelled, single-staged with continuous guidance along the whole trajectory. It features a non-separable warhead with a self-contained INS coupled with an optical homing head. The warhead can house a cluster-bomb, HE-fragmentation or penetrator charge.