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What the Iskander-M is made of

0 documented parts, from recovered wreckage. Each part gives its marking, maker and country where known, and links the record it comes from. The system itself: Iskander-M.

Sources

Reported parts

  • Inertial navigation system — 9B918 strapdown (platformless) inertial navigation system with BOPI flight-data processing unit made by NICEVT; HUR says only 5 of 43 components in that unit are Russian-made source
  • Laser gyroscope — MT-501-B laser gyroscope from NII Polyus (Stelmakh), a Rostec institute source
  • Accelerometers — Accelerometers for the inertial system made by the Serpukhov Metalist Plant, which HUR said in December 2025 was not under any coalition sanctions source
  • Satellite navigation (tail) — Kometa-R8 receiving and processing unit with two four-element heat-resistant ARP-4T antenna arrays (VNIIR-Progress); HUR lists Kometa R8 as navigation equipment for the 9M723-1. Circuit boards for Kometa come from PSB-Technologies and Pantes source
  • Satellite navigation (Kometa-MR4-01) — Kometa-MR4-01 receiving and processing unit with ARP-4T antenna, VNIIR-Progress source
  • Satellite navigation (nose array) — Kometa-M12R-VT 12-element digital antenna array in the nose for initial and mid-course navigation, successor to the Kometa-MR12; reported July 2026 by the Telegram channel Colonel GSh source
  • Satnav receiver BNA-B — BNA-B 9B919 receiving unit (MA2B) from NII KP, plus BNP-B onboard navigation device from KB Korund-M source
  • Optical terminal seeker — 9E436 optical-correlation homing head (scene matching) made by TsNIIAG, which also makes the onboard control unit source
  • Radar terminal seeker — Active radar homing head listed under the 9B918 designation, made by NPP Radar MMS source
  • Control-system electronics — Foreign microprocessor, FPGA, memory and DAC/ADC parts from DM&P Electronics, Xilinx (AMD), Atmel (Microchip), Winbond, Micron and Analog Devices; of 140 components disclosed in August 2026, 63 were US-made and about a quarter Russian source
  • Transceiver — onsemi AC245 (PWZ2113) 8-channel bidirectional transceiver, US manufacturer, production date week 13 of 2021; plus a PC/104-format board source
  • Solid rocket motor — Solid-fuel charges from the Morozov Plant (unsanctioned as of December 2025); 9Kh820 motor front wall from FNPC Altai; gas generator from FNPC NII Prikladnoi Khimii source
  • Aerodynamic control surfaces — Steering fin 9M723.04.04.000 from the Khrunichev Space Centre; 9B915 steering blocks source
  • Thermal batteries — 9B283 thermal battery block from PJSC Energia source
  • Decoys — 9B899 false targets made by PJSC Signal, carried in tubes at the base of the missile (at least six per missile) source
  • Optics (claimed) — Ukraine's HUR claimed in July 2026, from files it says it took from NII Polyus, that Chinese-made optical parts sit in Iskander navigation and targeting systems; not independently verified source

Part records and photos: HUR War & Sanctions, Ukraine's Defence Intelligence database of foreign components found in Russian weapons, and the other sources named on each part. A marking, date code or country is given as the source records it.