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November 14, 2008: For the second time this month, Russia has changed its policy regarding its new SS-26 (9
November 14, 2008: For the second time this month, Russia has changed its policy regarding its new SS-26 (9M723K1, or "Iskander") ballistic missiles. First it said it was sending some to Kaliningrad, as a way to threaten the new NATO anti-missile system being built in Poland (to protect Europe from Iranian missiles). Now Russia says it will halt any exports of the Iskander missile until it has produced the hundred or so it plans to send to Kaliningrad. Syria, Kuwait, South Korea, India, Malaysia, Singapore and the United Arab Emirates were all interested in Iskander. The export version, Iskander-E, would have a shorter range (280 kilometers) and fewer countermeasures for the warhead.
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