Belarus to set up a training center for mastering Iskander missile systems – Lukashenko

Alexander Lukashenko has announced plans to set up a training center for Iskander short-range ballistic missile system in Belarus.

The Militarnyi informs about it.

According to Lukashenko, Belarus and Russia reached agreements that as the results of the joint exercise “Allied Resolve 2022” in the country will remain imported ammunition, the media reported.

Belarus will ask Russia to set up a training center for Russian Iskander missile systems.

“We must master modern weapons in Belarus, because our army is at the frontline. It (the Belarusian army) must have the most modern weapons. We will either buy them or Russia will provide us with them, because we have a joint army. However, air defense we have in common, which is very important. That is, a common base, it turns out… Therefore, there is no need to create a common base” Aleksandr Lukashenko said.

In order for the Belarusian servicemen to master Russian military equipment, it is necessary to set up military training centers.

Lukashenko said that three training centers have already been set up.

“We will buy these weapons from the Russian Federation. I will ask for a fourth center to be set up for Belarusian servicemen to learn to use Iskanders,” Lukashenko added.

As reported earlier, Alexander Lukashenko said that he needs several battalions of Russian Iskander missile systems on the border with Ukraine.

He also needs missiles in the western direction. According to him, the Belarusian army should be equipped with new Russian equipment and weapons. In particular, Lukashenko expects to receive from Russia Iskander short-range ballistic missile systems.

9K720 Iskander-M (NATO: SS-26 Stone)

Currently, the Iskander-M mobile short-range ballistic missile system is in the service with the short-range missile brigade of the Russian Ground Forces, as well as the army corps of the Russian Baltic Fleet. The export version of the system is in the service with the armies of Armenia and Algeria.

The brigade set of 51 units of equipment include self-propelled launchers, transport-charging machines, rockets, a comprehensive system of automated control, means of monitoring the technical condition, the point of data preparation. Launchers of the system can be armed with both ballistic and cruise missiles. The official range of the missiles is up to five hundred kilometers.