Upgraded Iskander-M 'Thwarts' US Patriot Systems in Ukraine

Upgraded Iskander-M 'thwarts' US Patriot systems in Ukraine

Russia’s upgraded Iskander-M missile, with decoys and new trajectory, challenges US Patriot systems in Ukraine, raising concerns for air defense.

After suffering one of the most important air strikes in terms of scale since the beginning of the war, which left a dozen civilians injured in Kiev as a result, Ukrainian authorities claimed that the Russian Armed Forces would have improved their Iskander ballistic missiles to deal with Patriot defense systems donated by their Western allies. The novelty was confirmed by the Ukrainian Air Force spokesman Yuriy Inhat, who stressed however that t…

"In other words, NATO has nothing like Iskander"

On Tuesday, the Russian Defense Ministry presented an official statement listing the military targets hit in Ukraine over the past week. These included airfields, foreign mercenary bases and American-made Patriot anti-missile systems, EFE reported, quoted by Agerpres.

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Russia has taught its missiles to be tricky. Russian Iskander-M missiles are now capable of special deception in flight, i.e. setting up radar traps, which complicates air defense operations.