Russia pulled rare S-400 launchers from strategic Kapustin Yar range—Ukraine found and hit them
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New footage released by Ukraine’s Security Service also appears to support earlier assessments that the vehicles hit were rare 51P6A launchers pulled out of storage at the Kapustin Yar test range and reassigned for strikes against Ukraine, according to Defense Express.
OSINT researcher AS-22 examined satellite imagery of Kapustin Yar and found that roughly 30 such launchers were visible there in 2022, but only 14 remained by 2025. That would mean 16 had been removed from storage and likely reassigned to operational use.
One of the easiest ways to distinguish the 51P6A from more common S-400 launchers is its chassis. The vehicle is mounted on the Belarusian-made MZKT-7930 Astrolog platform, while standard S-400 launchers more commonly use the Russian-built BAZ-64022 chassis.
Defense Express notes that the 51P6A launchers observed near Ukraine were reportedly moving individually, without the radar vehicles normally associated with S-400 air-defense batteries.
That pattern supports the theory that they were being used not in the system’s traditional air-defense role, but as launch platforms for PM-48U surface-to-surface ballistic missiles.
Ukraine’s Defense Intelligence had estimated by late August that Russia possessed up to 17 S-400 launchers specifically assigned to PM-48U operations.
The same 51P6A launchers had also appeared at Kapustin Yar when Russia first publicly discussed specialized ballistic missiles for the S-400 in fall 2023.
The PM-48U itself represents an unusual adaptation of Russia’s existing air-defense missile inventory for ground-strike missions.
The exact launch and guidance architecture used with the 51P6A remains unclear, but the absence of accompanying radar vehicles near some of the launchers suggests that Russia is operating them differently from a conventional S-400 battery.
Previously, reports emerged that Russia used its newest 9M723-2 ballistic missile, commonly referred to as the Iskander-1000, against Kyiv for the first time during a combined attack on the Ukrainian capital this summer. The upgraded missile offers Russia substantially greater reach than the earlier 9M723-1 used by the Iskander-M system, according to Ukrainian intelligence. Its most significant changes are a larger rocket motor and a correspondingly enlarged launcher. HUR says those modifications increase the missile’s maximum strike range to around 550 kilometers, compared with approximately 390 kilometers for the 9M723-1 variant.
Despite the provisional Iskander-1000 designation, Ukrainian intelligence has not said that the version already used against Kyiv can actually fly 1,000 kilometers.
The 9M723-2 is part of a missile system designated Bora-M. Aside from its enlarged propulsion section and launcher, HUR said the remaining components of the new missile are largely identical to those used in the earlier 9M723-1. The first confirmed combat use marks a significant development in Russia’s continuing effort to expand and modernize its ballistic missile arsenal, weapons that have become one of the most difficult threats for Ukraine’s air defenses to counter.
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