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 Quite a Few Nations Interested in Russia's Iskander-E Missiles
Kommersant
Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and other states are interested in buying Russia’s Iskander-E tactical missile systems,
Rosoboronexport Director at Large Nikolay Dimidyuk said, Interfax reported.
“The demand has been noted in Syria . The Emirates takes much
interest in it. Malaysia , India are interested in it very much,” Dimidyuk told reporters Wednesday. Other states are eyeing it as well, but off-the-record, the official added.
Iskander-E has great export potential, Dimidyuk said. “This is truly a high-precision weapon. Missile defense systems can’t hit the Iskander missile,” the official specified, explaining that the
missiles have a perplexed flying trajectory and are able to make anti-missile maneuvers, which prevents their hitting.
Iskander can fire horizontally, which doesn’t unmask it, and has a number of other vital combat
characteristics, Dimidyuk pointed out.
Iskander is produced in two variants – Iskander-M for Russia ’s Armed Forces and Iskander-E
for the export to other countries. The export variant slightly differs from the systems made by order of the RF Defense Ministry.
Iskander-E can hit targets at the range of up to 280km, striking two different targets at a minute interval. Its trajectory isn’t of ballistic nature and forecasting it would be very difficult for an
enemy, the more so that the missile is controlled during all flight.
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