Russia held Iskander missile launches
The combat crews of the missile formation in the Central Military District which are equipped with Iskander-M tactical missile systems have been conducting multiple launches aimed at destroying an imaginary enemy airfield during exercises in the Orenburg region of the Russian Federation.
"The tasks were executed in conditions as close as possible to combat ones. The units were put on alert in the morning, made a 40 km march to the rendezvous point where they met with deployed military vehicles and carried out multiple electronic launches aimed at the specified coordinates from the Totskoye test site," the report says.
It is noted that about 200 rocket crewmen took part in the exercises and more than 40 military and special equipment units were involved.
The Iskander-M complex is capable of hitting targets with high accuracy at a range of up to 500 kilometers.
Previously Korrespondent.net reported that on March 21st, Ukraine conducted successful missile tests. According to the Secretary of the National Security and Defence Council of Ukraine, Oleksandr Turchynov, the Armed Forces have been receiving powerful missile weapons since the fourth quarter of 2016.