MOSCOW, July 13. /TASS/. A missile unit in Russia's Southern Military District will hold drills and live-fire Iskander tactical missile systems, the district's press service said on Monday.
"Servicemen of a missile unit of the Southern Military Distric deployed in the Krasnodar Territory began preparations for drills and live-firing of tactical Iskander-M missile systems that will start in late July at the Kapustin Yar range in the Astrakhan Region," the press service said.
The Iskander-M system currently in service is capable of hitting targets at distances of 50 to 500 kilometers.