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|name= RPK-2 Vyuga <br><small>([[NATO reporting name]]: SS-N-15 'Starfish'</small>)
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|origin= Soviet Union
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|service= 1969&ndash;current
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|launch_platform= ''[[Akula-class submarine|Akula]]'', [[Oscar-class submarine|Oscar]], [[Typhoon-class submarine|Typhoon]], [[Alfa-class submarine|Alfa]], [[Delta-class submarine|Delta]], [[Kilo-class submarine|Kilo]], [[Borei-class submarine|Borei]]
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The '''RPK-2 Vyuga''' ({{Langx|ru|РПК-2 Вьюга}}, ''[[blizzard]]''; [[NATO reporting name]]: '''SS-N-15 Starfish'''), also designated as '''81R''', is a [[Soviet Union|Soviet]] submarine-launched, nuclear-armed [[anti-submarine missile]] system, launched exclusively through {{convert|533|mm|adj=on}} [[torpedo tube]]s. The system was designed in [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]], [[Russian SFSR]] in the 1960s.

Analogous to the [[SUBROC]] missile previously used by the [[US Navy]], it is designed to be fired from a 533&nbsp;mm torpedo tube. It is boosted by a choice of mechanisms depending on model before clearing the water, firing a [[solid propellant#Solid propellant rockets and projectiles|solid fuel]] rocket and delivering its payload up to {{convert|45|km}} away. The payload ranges from a simple [[depth charge]] to a 200 kt [[nuclear depth bomb]].

==Design==
The RPK-2 uses a 82R [[torpedo]] or 90R nuclear depth charge in the 533&nbsp;mm version, and a 83R torpedo carrying{{Clarify|date=September 2010}} or 86R nuclear depth charge in 650&nbsp;mm version.

Both submarine- and surface-launched versions exist. The surface-launched versions are used by the {{sclass|Slava|cruiser|5}}, {{sclass|Kirov|battlecruiser|5}}, {{sclass|Neustrashimy|frigate|5}} and {{sclass|Udaloy|destroyer|5}} classes. The submarine-launched versions are used by the {{sclass|Akula|submarine|5}}, {{sclass2|Oscar|submarine|5}}, {{sclass2|Typhoon|submarine|5}}, {{sclass2|Delta|submarine|5}}, {{sclass2|Kilo|submarine|5}}, and {{sclass2|Borei|submarine|5}} classes. However, the munition package used in either is identical and hence the ship-launched version is launched into the water and submerges before firing its engines.

==Operators==
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==See also==
* [[Metel Anti-Ship Complex]], predecessor
* [[RPK-6_Vodopad/RPK-7_Veter|RPK-6 Vodopad]] and [[RPK-6_Vodopad/RPK-7_Veter|RPK-7 Veter]], successor
* [[RPK-1 Vikhr|82R Vikhr]] (SUW-N-1)
* [[SMART (missile)|SMART]]

==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080724004019/http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/81r.htm Encyclopedia Astronautica]
* [https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/ss-n-15.htm SS-N-15 Starfish (RPK-2 Viyoga)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151126101654/https://fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/missile/row/ss-n-15.htm |date=2015-11-26 }}

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