P-800 Oniks
| Yakhont/Onyx missile | |
|---|---|
| File:Yakhont.jpg | |
| Type | anti-ship cruise missile |
| Service history | |
| In service | since 1999 |
| Production history | |
| Manufacturer | NPO Mashinostroyeniya |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 3,000 kg |
| Length | 8.9 m |
| Diameter | 0.7 m |
| Wingspan | 1.7 m |
| Warhead | 300 kg |
| Engine | ramjet using kerosene liquid fuel |
Operational range | 120 to 300 km depending on altitude |
| Flight altitude | 5 meters or higher |
| Maximum speed | Mach 2.5 |
Guidance system | active-passive, radar seeker head |
Launch platform | fixed-wing aircraft, coastal installations, naval ships |
The P-800 Oniks (Template:Lang-ru; Template:Lang-en), also known in export markets as Yakhont (Template:Lang-ru; Template:Lang-en), is a Russian/Soviet supersonic anti-ship cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a ramjet version of P-80 Zubr. Its GRAU designation is 3M55. Development reportedly started in 1983, and by 2001 allowed the launch of the missile from land, sea, air and submarine. The missile has the NATO reporting codename SS-N-26. It is reportedly a replacement for the P-270 Moskit, but possibly also for the P-700 Granit. The P-800 was reportedly used as the basis for the joint Russian-Indian supersonic missile the BrahMos.
In 2010 Sergei Prikhodko, senior adviser to the Russia President, has said that Russia intends to deliver P-800 to Syria.[1] Syria received 2 Bastion missile system with 36 missiles each (72 in total). [2] In May 2013, Russia increased its effort to support the Syrian government of Bashar al-Assad, by delivering more missiles outfitted with an advanced radar to make them more effective.[3]
Description
The missile is carried in flight by aerodynamic lift. The solid-propellant booster is located in the ramjet's combustion chamber and is ejected by the airflow after it has burned out.
Standard batteries of the K-300 Bastion-P(Бастион-П-Подвижный):
- 4 self-propelled launchers K-340P with 2 missiles "Yakhont" (crew of 3 persons)
- 1-2 Command and Control vehicles (ASBU) PBRK (crew of 5 persons)
- 1 car security alert (MOBD)
- 4 Transportation and loading vehicle (TLV K342P)
Specification
- Length: 8.9 m
- Diameter: 0.7 m
- Wingspan: 1.7 m
- Weight: 3100 kg
- Speed at altitude: 750 m / s (Mach 2.6)
- Surface speed: Mach 2
- Range:
- for the combined trajectory (the length of the final section 40 km) - 300 km
- for low-altitude trajectory - 120 km
- flight altitude of 10-14000m
- warhead 250 kg
- period of storage 7 years[4]
Radar homing head.
- active-passive, with frequency hopping
- Immunity: high, from active spoofing, dipole clouds
- range 50 km [5]
Variants
- Oniks Base version for Russia
- Yakhont export version of Oniks
- Brahmos version for India, co-developed by Russia and India, based on Oniks, produced under license by BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited in India.
- Bastion-P Coast mobile missile system
Operators
Russia 3 "Bastion-P" complexes
Indonesia- 4 VLS (vertical launching system) mounted on Van Speijk-class frigate KRI Oswald Siahaan (354),50 missiles[6]
Vietnam 2 "Bastion-P" complexes delivered, 40 missiles- [7] land-based coastal defense system[8]
Syria 2 "Bastion-P" complexes delivered in 2011, 72 missiles [9][10]
References
- ^ Despite Israeli protests, Russia won't halt arms sale to Syria
- ^ http://rusnavy.com/news/navy/index.php?ELEMENT_ID=10315
- ^ Russia Sends More Advanced Missiles to Aid Assad in Syria
- ^ http://inbsite.com/missiles.html
- ^ http://www.granit-electron.ru/products/mil/complex/yahont_head/
- ^ http://www.eurasiareview.com/indonesia%E2%80%99s-anti-ship-missiles-new-development-in-naval-capabilities-analysis-31052011/
- ^ http://www.armstrade.org/includes/periodics/mainnews/2011/1024/100910082/detail.shtml
- ^ http://www.eurasiareview.com/indonesia%E2%80%99s-anti-ship-missiles-new-development-in-naval-capabilities-analysis-31052011/
- ^ http://lenta.ru/news/2011/12/01/bastion/
- ^ Haaretz (1 December 2011). "Report: Russia delivers supersonic cruise missiles to Syria". Haaretz. Retrieved 1 December 2011.
- Russian/Sovjet Sea-based Anti-Ship Missiles DTIG - Defense Threat Informations Group, Nov 2005
- Warfare.ru details
- Russian missile export details
- NPO Mashinostroyeniya details
- Yakhont Launcher on KRI Oswald Siahaan
External links
- SS-N-26 (Federation of American Scientists)
- Sunburns, Yakhonts, Alfas and the Region (Australian Aviation, Sept 2000) (PDF)
- www.dtig.org Russian/Sovjet Sea-based Anti-Ship Missiles (pdf)
- Russia would supply Syria with P-800 Yakhont cruise missiles