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Missiles can be armed with nuclear warheads.
250 kilometers from the border with Ukraine. In the Krasnodar region, the Russian Federation launched a missile brigade with 12 launchers Iskander-M complexes .
On February 2, UNIAN mentioned information provided by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.
The ministry said that the rocket brigade was launched near the Russian city of Krasnodar.
"A missile brigade deployed near the settlement of Krasnodar (250 km from the Ukrainian border) with the weapons of Iskander-M rocket complexes (12 launchers)", reads in the response to the request of publication information. [19659003] The Iskander complex is capable of launching ballistic or cruise missiles at a distance of 500 kilometers. Rockets can carry conventional and nuclear warheads.
In particular, these complexes are capable of launching an R-500 cruise missile. Despite the statements of the authorities of the Russian Federation, the maximum range of ballistic missiles of this complex does not exceed 500 km. According to expert estimates, the actual distance they can cross exceeds 700 km. And this is already a violation of the Russian-American Treaty on the Elimination of Small and Medium-Sized Missiles (DRSMD). This agreement provides for the destruction of missiles with a range of more than 500 km.
Previously, Imagesat International supplied satellite imagery to US television channel Fox News, which shows how "Iskander" missile complexes are located in bunkers and warehouse sheds. on the Molkino near Krasnodar .
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. They were placed in the north of the peninsula, not far from Dzhankoy. It is the fourth battalion of this type, located in Russia on the territory of Crimea after annexation. The anti-aircraft missile complexes of the S-400 can reach targets at a distance of 400 km and at a maximum altitude of 30 km.
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