The 9M729, known to Western analysts as the SSC-8, is a Russian ground-launched cruise missile carried on a road-mobile launcher. Published figures put it at roughly six to eight metres long and 0.514 metres across, with a single warhead of about 450 kilograms and a maximum range of 2,500 kilometres, a range figure that Russia has disputed. It was developed by the Russian company NPO Novator and is likely a ground-launched relative of the Russian Navy 3M-54 Kalibr missile, though it has also been described as a modified Iskander-K or Kh-101. Reported development began in the mid-2000s, flight testing in 2008 and a first test firing in July 2014, and it is listed as operational from 2017, when two missile battalions were reported deployed. The United States found the missile in violation of the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty, and its development led to the 2019 American withdrawal from that treaty. Russia displayed the missile publicly for the first time in January 2019 while denying the treaty claims.
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Source 9M729 (SSC-8) (CSIS Missile Threat)
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The missile was developed by Russian company NPO Novator.
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Introduction
The SSC-8 is a Russian ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) with a range of 2,500 km.
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Status Operational In service 2017
SSC-8 Development
The missile was developed by Russian company NPO Novator.
Operated By: Russian Armed Forces, SSC-8 Service History
In February 2017, U.S. officials reported that Russia had deployed two SSC-8 missile battalions.
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