An Iskander-K cruise missile. Illustrative image.
The Russian military continues to strike high-value military targets in Ukraine with the advanced 9K720 Iskander system.
On May 6, the Ministry of Defense of Russia released footage of a recent pinpoint strike with an Iskander-K cruise missile on a military facility in an unspecified part of Ukraine. The strike was coordinated with a drone.
The missile used in the strike was likely the Iskander-K main armament, the 9M728 cruise missile which has a known maximum range of 500 kilometers. The missile is guided by the GLONASS satellite navigation system and INS [inertial navigation system].
The 9M728 is equipped with a TERCOM [terrain contour matching] system, which allows it to flew at an extremely low level to avoid detection by enemy radars.
The Iskander-K can launch the more advanced the 9M729 cruise missile, which has a higher yield warhead and a new guidance system for greater accuracy. The missile has a known range of 480 kilometers. Most parts and components of the 9M728 and 9M729 missiles are identical.
The Russian military has been using cruise and quasi-ballistic missiles of the Iskander system to target high-value military targets of Kiev forces since the beginning of its special operation Ukraine.
Russia’s precision-guided missile inflicted heavy losses on Kiev forces, destroyed Ukraine’s military industrial complex and paralyzed much of the country’s logistic supply network.
