MOSCOW: From the beginning of the Russia-Ukraine conflict, the world has been worried about Russia's most destructive missils - the Iskander - M short - range ballistic missile!.Russia has also deployed the Iskander-M missile system near the Ukrainian border. What exactly is Isander and why the word fears it?

9K 720 Iskander (NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a new technological missile developed by Russia to attack without warning the enemy. The Arabic word Iskander means protector of mankind. Original Greek. There are various variants like Iskander-M, Iskander-K, Iskander-E.

The most dangerous missile is Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile, which is in use since 2006. Hitting range is 500 km. Nuclear-capable missile. Weight 4,615 kg. Load capacity 710 - 800 km. Hypersonic speed (2100- 2600 m / s) (7560- 9360 km / h) Destroys an area of ​​two football fields (25,000 square meters) on a single battlefield

Iskander is capable of scanning enemy territory and using smart bombs to detect and destroy armored military vehicles.

Even the strongest bunkers on the battlefield will be destroyed. Russia used the Iskander earlier in the Georgian war and in 2017 in Syria