Russia deployed Iskander missile system to Kaliningrad
Under the guise of logistics training, the Russian Baltic Fleet is redeploying the Iskander operational-tactical missile system to the Kaliningrad region.
This was reported by Estonian portal ERR.ee with reference to an informed source.
According to the news agency, for transportation they used the Ambal road-rail ferry, which is now advancing in the Baltic Sea and is supposed to arrive in Kaliningrad on Friday.
Yesterday’s violations of the Estonian and Finnish airspaces by Russian fighters could somehow be related to the transportation of the Iskander.
Estonian Defense Minister Hannes Hanso neither confirmed nor denied the transport of the Iskander. According to him, channels of information exist to answer such questions.
“But it is also true that we have reason to be very vigilant in the air and at sea, as well as in all other places,” Hanso added.
He also did not rule out the possibility of a link between the airspace violations and transportation of the missile system. “I do not rule it out, that is what I can say,” the minister of defense replied.
The Iskander operational-tactical missile system was adopted by the Russian army in 2006. It is designed to hit targets at a distance of 50 to 500 km with high accuracy.
As it was reported before, head of the Russian State Duma’s Defense Committee, Admiral Vladimir Komoedov, confirmed the plans to deploy the Iskander operational-tactical missile systems in the Kaliningrad region back in June.