Iskander-M missile systems to be deployed in Kaliningrad region till 2018

MOSCOW, May 16. /TASS/. Russian Ground Forces’ guided missile brigade stationed in the westernmost Kaliningrad region will be reequipped with the Iskander-M ballistic missile systems till 2018, Maj Gen Mikhail Matveyevsky, commander of the army’s missile forces and artillery, said on Saturday.

When asked by the Russian News Service radio station whether the brigade in the Kaliningrad region would be reequipped with the missile complexes, Matveyevsky replied: "There are no doubts about it."

"The Ground Forces’ guided missile brigades are being rearmed with this complex, according to the schedule," he said.