MOSCOW. Feb 14 (Interfax) - Iskander short-range ballistic missile systems have trained strikes on a mock enemy's airfields, the press service for the Russian Baltic Fleet said on Tuesday.
"Iskander short-range ballistic missile systems simulated missile strikes in the course of a scheduled field training of missile units from the Baltic Fleet's Army Corps," the press service said.
Over 100 troops and about 20 pieces of military and special hardware took part in the training, it said.
"During the scheduled exercise, missile units secretly deployed to the designated position area, prepared firing positions, and performed simulated solo and salvo launches at targets simulating launch vehicles of missile systems, airfields, protected sites, and command posts of a mock enemy," it said.
The crews trained operation amid radiation and chemical contamination and deterred attacks of a mock enemy's reconnaissance-and-sabotage groups.
The Iskander-M short-range ballistic missile system is a product of the Kolomna Mechanical Engineering Design Bureau (Rostec' High Precision Systems Holding). The system configuration operated by the Russian army can fire ballistic and cruise missiles. Officially, Iskander-M missiles have a range of up to 500 kilometers.