On October 27, military sources published footage of numerous Russian longer-range precision strikes from various platforms. One video shows the “Tornado-S” MLRS (multiple launch rocket system), a heavily modernized variant of the legendary Soviet-era BM-30 “Smerch”, striking a fortified position in the settlement of Volchansk in the Kharkov oblast (region). Another video posted on the same day shows a hit by the 9K720M “Iskander-M’s” 9M723 hypersonic missile. The target was a large troop concentration of the Kiev regime forces in the vicinity of Vodolazhskoye, also in the Kharkov oblast.

Just two days later, on October 29, multiple sources published more footage, showing another “Iskander-M” strike on the 44th Mechanized Brigade in a forested area close to Vasylkivka in the Dnepropetrovsk oblast. The location is much farther to the west/southwest of Kharkov, demonstrating the operational and strategic flexibility systems like “Iskander” offer to the Russian military.

Over the course of the SMO (special military operation), the Kremlin adapted to rapidly changing battlefield conditions, dictating the pace and nature of military operations. Systems such as the “Iskander” and “Tornado-S” are instrumental in this, so the Russian military keeps improving them. For instance, while the latter can fire the more traditional 9M55 series of 300 mm rockets with a range of 70 km, it can also use the 9M525-9M533 series of guided munitions with an extended range of 90 km. More recently, these have been........

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