The drills involved about 100 servicemen and more than
20 pieces of combat hardware of a missile formation of the Western Military
District.
MOSCOW, October 20. /TASS/. Crews of Russia’s Iskander-M
tactical missile systems have held drills at the Luzhsky practice range in the
Western Military District as part of a final check in the 2016 training year,
the district’s press office said on Thursday.
"During the check, the district’s command assessed
the commanders’ ability to make independent decisions in various conditions and
also the practical skills of Iskander-M crews to prepare the missile systems
for firing and accomplish single and multiple electronic missile launches
against targets imitating a notional enemy’s command posts and radar stations
located at a distance of several hundred kilometers," the district’s press
office said in a statement.
Missile crews have performed multi-kilometer marches to
the areas of training, practiced tasks to deploy Iskander missile systems and
change launch positions, load missiles from transporter and transporter-loader
vehicles, the press office said.
The drills involved about 100 servicemen and more than
20 pieces of combat hardware of a missile formation of the Western Military
District.
Iskander tactical ballistic missile systems are capable
of hitting both small-size and large-area targets at a distance of up to 500 km
to destroy missile and multiple launch rocket systems, long-range artillery
guns, aircraft and helicopters at aerodromes, command posts and communications
centers.
The Iskander tactical ballistic missile complex includes
a launcher, a loader-transporter, a routine maintenance vehicle, a command post
vehicle, an information post, an ammunition equipment set and training aids.
Source: ITAR-TASS 21-10-2016
