Anti-Ship Missiles Thread

Mike E wrote:You also forgot;
- Less effective, so more missiles need to be fired, hence more bought, so the MIC can get some more $$$.

Stealthflanker wrote:

Mike E wrote:You also forgot;
- Less effective, so more missiles need to be fired, hence more bought, so the MIC can get some more $$$.

Well if this the case then the maker of Uran must be evil as they make subsonic missiles and Russian MOD is such a dumb to accept it in service.

Arrow wrote:Are there any new information on the progress of the Zircon cruise missile ?

Arrow wrote:Are there any new information on the progress of the Zircon cruise missile ?

The Russian Ministry of Defence has released a video of a Sukhoi Su-34 'Fullback' bomber carrying the new Kh-35U (NATO designation AS-20 'Kayak') anti-shipping missile on operations over Syria.

The on-board video, released on 11 February by the Arabic section of Russian state-broadcaster RT, shows the aircraft departing on a mission with at least one missile mounted on a port-side underwing hardpoint (while footage shot from the other side also shows a missile on the starboard hardpoint, it can't be verified that it is of the same aircraft).

Development of the subsonic Kh-35 was begun by the Soviet Union in March 1983, following an assessment of the operational effectiveness of the Argentine-launched AIM-39 Exocet anti-shipping missile against the UK Royal Navy off the Falkland Islands the year before. The latest Kh-35U-variant is a The Kh-35U is a 550-kg (1,213lb) subsonic anti-ship missile that has been adapted for ship-, shore-, helicopter-, and aircraft-launched applications. While the outer-mould line remains the same as the earlier models, the newer version is powered by a smaller and lighter Saturn Izdeliye 64M turbofan (allowing for more fuel, and a doubling of range to 260 km).

The missile was first trialled on the Su-34 in November 2010. Initial tests of the missile were completed in November 2012, with state acceptance tests following in 2013. It is now in series production at the Tactical Missiles Corporation's facility in Korolev near Moscow.

George1 wrote:Russia Test-Firing New Hypersonic Zircon Cruise Missiles for 5th-Gen Subs.    

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/20160317/1036437650/zircon-hypersonic-cruise-missiles.html#ixzz4391DCjBz

George1 wrote:Russia Test-Firing New Hypersonic Zircon Cruise Missiles for 5th-Gen Subs.    

Read more: http://sputniknews.com/military/20160317/1036437650/zircon-hypersonic-cruise-missiles.html#ixzz4391DCjBz

GarryB wrote:The zircon should be standardised in shape and size and weight with existing weapons in the UKSK launchers put on new and upgraded ships of the Russian Navy.

That means ships like the corvettes in the Caspian Sea able to carry Kalibr long range land attack missiles and Klub supersonic anti ship and anti sub weapons will also be able to carry hypersonic anti ship missiles soon... a huge step up in performance.

The new technology could also be applied to a new version of Klub with a scramjet operating in low thrust settings for a long subsonic cruise at medium altitude to the target area followed by an acceleration and climb to hypersonic speed for the last portion of the attack...

MOSCOW, October 21. /TASS/. The Russian Navy in the third quarter of 2016 received more than one hundred Kalibr and Oniks missiles as well as ships and coastal defense missile systems, Deputy Defense Minister Yuri Borisov has said.

GarryB wrote:Interesting.

The all for one and one for all comment refers to the fact that these missiles operate as a pack using a datalink network.. since the late 70s.

GarryB wrote:No.

AFAIK the Sepal used active radar homing with a datalink back to the launch vessel.

The radar picture was sent back to the launch platform via a video channel and the operator selected the target and changed the mode of the radar to tracking... so the missile would drop to low altitude and close in and hit the target selected.

The wolf pack hunters started with the P-500 Bazalt AFAIK and also includes the P-700 Granit and P-1000 Vulcan, and later missiles like Onyx.