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15/04/22 14:20 PM IST

Neptune cruise missile

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  • Governor of Ukraine's Odessa Oblast, declared that the cruiser had been struck by two Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles that had been indigenously developed in Ukraine.
About Missile
  • The Neptune cruise missile is a Ukrainian-manufactured anti-ship missile, fired from shore to ship.
  • The Neptune cruise missile that hit the Russian fleet was developed by Ukraine and entered service in August 2020.
  • RK-360MT Neptune are mobile anti-ship cruise missile capable of destroying targets within a range of 300 km.
  • Weighing 870 kg and carrying a 150kg warhead, Neptune missiles are capable of destroying targets of up to 5,000 tons.
  • Neptune has a range of around 300 kilometres (186 miles) and can carry warheads of up 150 kilograms (over 330 pounds).
  • Neptune's design, which is based on the Soviet Kh-35 anti-ship missile, is designed to defeat surface warships.
  • Ukraine's indigenously made Neptune cruise missile also transports vessels with a displacement of up to 5,000 tons.
  • The Neptune cruise missile uses a radar-homing guidance to home in on enemy ships.
  • The 16-ft long engine-powered missiles can travel at speeds of up to 900 km/h, at heights of between 9 and 30ft above surface.
  • The weapons, which are able to be mounted on ships, by land and by air launchers, were formally adopted in August, 2020.
  • The Neptune cruise missile was first revealed in the 'Weapons and Security 2015' exhibition in Kyiv.
About Moskva
  • Moskva (Moscow), originally known as Slava (glory), is the lead ship of the Slava-class guided missile cruisers, also known as Project 1164 Atlant.
  • Moskva missile cruiser was built indigenously by the erstwhile Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and still in service with the Russian Navy.
  • Slava was laid down at a shipyard in the Ukrainian city of Mykolaiv, a major shipbuilding centre on the Black Sea, known as Nikolaev in Russian in 1976.
  • The cruiser was commissioned into the Soviet Navy in 1983. Decommissioned in 1990, it was reinstated as Moskva by the Russian Navy in 2000.
  • Moskva missile cruiser is reportedly armed with 16 anti-ship Vulkan cruise missiles, which have a range of at least 700 kilometres.
  • It is also said to carry anti-torpedo and mine-torpedo weapons. The cruiser is also equipped with a long-range S-300 surface-to-air missile air defence system.
Source-Indian Express




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