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Tuesday, August 02, 2011

Russian army to receive 120 Iskander tactical missile systems


The Russian Defense Ministry is planning to buy up to 120 Iskander-M tactical missile systems, Deputy Defense Minister Gen. Dmitry Bulgakov said.

"We purchased six [Iskander] systems in 2010, and plan to acquire up to 120 more," Bulgakov told a news conference in Moscow on Monday.

The Iskander-M system (NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a mobile theater missile system equipped with two solid-propellant single-stage 9M723K1 guided missiles with "quasi-ballistic" capability.

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