Explosive Rhetoric: The Russian Missile At The Heart Of Yerevan Unrest
share Print A dispute over the efficacy of Russian-made Iskander missiles is being blamed for a dangerous rift between Armenian Prime Minister Nikol Pashinian and the country’s military leadership. This is the Iskander missile system, photographed during a drill in Russia’s Kasputin Yar rocket testing site in 2018. Iskander missiles were developed by Russia and first entered service in that country’s military in 2006. An Iskander transporter on parade in Moscow in 2015 The missiles weigh 3.8 tons each and can fly at a speed of around 2.1 kilometers per second -- nearly three times the v...
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