page_title: 9K720 Iskander
section_title: Iskander-K
hierarchical_section_title: 9K720 Iskander / Variants / Iskander-K
caption_attribution_description: Русский: Подготовка расчётов оперативно-тактического ракетного комплекса «Искандер» 92-й ракетной бригады к применению в рамках СКШУ «Центр-2015».
context_page_description: The 9K720 Iskander is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Russian Federation. The missile systems are to replace the obsolete OTR-21 Tochka systems, still in use by the Russian armed forces, by 2020. The Iskander has several different conventional warheads, including a cluster munitions warhead, a fuel-air explosive enhanced-blast warhead, a high explosive-fragmentation warhead, an earth penetrator for bunker busting and an electromagnetic pulse device for anti-radar missions. The missile can also carry nuclear warheads. In September 2017, the KB Mashinostroyeniya general designer Valery M. Kashin said that there were at least seven types of missiles for Iskander, including one cruise missile.
context_section_description: "K" for Krylataya ("Winged"). Variant intended to carry various types of cruise missiles. At present, it includes:
  9M728 (SSC-X-7) also known as R-500 – flight altitude up to 6 km, published range up to 500 km although it may be higher and automatic adjustment in the way, follow of terrain relief in flight. The missile is evolved from 3M10, 3M54/3M14 and Kh-101/102 missiles and can be launched also by the Iskander-M.
  9M729 (SSC-X-8) – new long-range missile that is reportedly land-based version of the 3M14 Caliber-NK missile complex with a range between 300–3,400 miles (480–5,470 km) and may be based even on the air-launched Kh-101 cruise missile with a range over 5,500 kilometres (3,400 mi). According to RF, its range is only 480 km and its specially-developed self-propelled launcher can carry 4 missiles. The 9M729 missile has a higher yield warhead and a new control system for greater accuracy. Most parts and components of the 9M728 and 9M729 missiles are identical.
  Currently there are 7 different types of ballistic and cruise missiles for both variants of the Iskander missile system.
caption: Iskander-K
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