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9K720 Iskanderlarger figure on 0 of 3
RS-24 Yarslarger figure on 3 of 3
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Length
Single source7.3 m (24 ft)[source]
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| Specification | 9K720 Iskander | RS-24 Yars |
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| Type | Short-range ballistic missile[source] | Intercontinental Ballistic Missile[source] |
| Place of origin | Russia[source] | Russia[source] |
| In service | 2006–present[source] | 2010–present[source] |
| Used by | Russian Ground Forces Armenian Armed Forces Algerian People's National Army Armed Forces of Belarus[source] | Russian Strategic Missile Troops |
Counts only measures both sources give with the same scope. A larger figure is not a better system.
22,500 mm[source]
Bars compare reported quantities only. A larger figure does not make a system better; configurations and test conditions differ.
| Wars | Russo-Georgian War Syrian Civil War Second Nagorno-Karabakh War Russo-Ukrainian war[source] | — |
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| Designed | From 1988[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | Missiles: Votkinsk Plant State Production Association ( Votkinsk ) Ground equipment: Production Association Barricades ( Volgograd ) System developer: KBM ( Kolomna )[source] | Votkinsk Machine Building Plant[source] |
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| Unit cost | US$3 million (missile)[source] | — |
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| Warhead | 480–700 kg (1,060–1,540 lb) thermonuclear weapon , high-explosive fragmentation, submunition , penetration, fuel–air explosive , EMP[source] | 3 x 200 kiloton MIRV warheads[source] |
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| Engine | Single-stage solid propellant[source] | Three-stage Solid-fuel rocket[source] |
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| Guidance system | Iskander-M : INS + GLONASS + DSMAC Iskander-K : INS + GLONASS + TERCOM[source] | Inertial with Glonass[source] |
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| Launch platform | Mobile transporter erector launcher[source] | Silo , road-mobile TEL MZKT-79221[source] |
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| 9P78 | P78 launcher: 2[source] | — |
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| 9T250 | 250 transloader: 2[source] | — |
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| Designer | — | Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology[source] |
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| Produced | — | 2009[source] |
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| Reported operators |
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