MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The Iskander-M (NATO reporting name SS-26 Stone) is a mobile ballistic missile system designed to destroy a wide variety of ground targets at the range of up to 500 kilometers (over 300 miles):
"A launch of the Iskander-M tactical ballistic missile was carried out at the Kapustin Yar testing range [in the Astrakhan Region] as part of the snap military drills of the Southern Military District," the ministry said in a statement.
