RBTK Krator
| RBTK Krator | |
|---|---|
 Krator-M missile on the starboard erector arm of a transporter erector launcher on display in Eastern Rakhman. | |
| Type | Short-range ballistic missile |
| Place of origin | Rakhman |
| Service history | |
| In service | 2006–present |
| Used by | Rakhmani Army |
| Wars | OU occupation of Ajakanistan |
| Production history | |
| Designed | 1988-1997 |
| Manufacturer | TBD |
| Unit cost | ₸7,500,000 |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 3,800 kg (8,400 lb) |
| Length | 7.3 m (24 ft) |
| Diameter | 0.92 m (3 ft 0 in) |
| Warhead | 480–700 kg (1,060–1,540 lb) thermonuclear weapon, high-explosive fragmentation, submunition, penetration, fuel–air explosive, EMP |
| Engine | Single-stage solid propellant |
Operational range | 400–500 km (250–310 mi) for Iskander-M |
| Speed | 2,000 m/s (Mach 5.9) burn-out velocity (hypersonic) |
Guidance system | Inertial guidance, optical DSMAC (Iskander-M), TERCOM (Iskander-K), use of GPS in addition to the inertial guidance system |
| Accuracy | 1–30 m (9K720) 5–7 m (Iskander-M) |
Launch platform | Mobile TEL |
The RBTK Krator (Rakhi: Pакетаи Баллистикии Kутохпарвоз Кpатор) is a mobile short-range ballistic missile system produced and deployed by the Rakhmani military. They travel at a terminal hypersonic speed of 2100–2600 m/s (Mach 6–7) and can reach an altitude of 50 km as they range up to 500 km. The missile systems (Кpатор-M) were intended to, by 2020, replace the KROT-73 Nukta systems in the Rakhmani military.
The Krator has several different conventional warheads, including a cluster munitions warhead, a fuel–air explosive enhanced-blast warhead, a high-explosive fragmentation warhead, an earth penetrator for bunker busting and an electromagnetic pulse device for anti-radar missions. In September 2017, the TBD (TBD) general designer Valery M. Kashin said that there were at least seven types of missiles for Krator, including one cruise missile.
