Wednesday, January 07, 2009

Granit

IOC: 1978
Total Production: 300

Also Known As
3M-45
P-700
SS-N-19 Shipwreck

Origin
Russia

Applications
Project 1143.5
Project 1144.2
Project 949A

Derived from:
Bazalt

Description: The 3M-45, SS-N-19 Shipwreck NATO-codename, is a long range, supersonic, anti-ship missile designed to destroy US Navy strike groups employing a 500 kilotons nuclear warhead or large ships employing a 750 kg conventional warhead. It is a derivative of the proven SS-N-12 Sandbox anti-ship missile. It was deployed a onboard surface ships and submarines of the Soviet Navy.

The 3M-45 missile features an inertial navigation system with active radar homing in the terminal phase of the flight. It has been designed to operate cooperatively with other 3M-45 missiles sharing target position data via built-in data links. Several 3M-45 missiles can be launched against the same target with one of them flying at high altitude to determine the exact position of the assigned target using its radar system and the remaining missiles traveling at low altitude to avoid their detection.

The Russian Navy intends to replace current 3M-45 missiles with a more capable, AEGIS-killer anti-ship missile.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 850 mm, Length 10 m

Weights: Max Weight 7,000 kg (15,432 lb), Warhead 750 kg (1,653 lb)

Performance: Max Range 600 km (324 nm), Top Speed 532 mps (Mach 1.60)

Yield: 500 kiloton

Operators

Russia

Notes
(*) lead contractor
IOC: Initial Operating Capability
FOC: Full Operating Capability
CEP: Circular Error Probable
Comm: Commissioning Date
Meters (m) Kilometers (km) Nautic Miles (nm) Inch (in) Yard (yd) Foot (ft) Millimeter (mm)
Pound (lb) Kilogram (kg) kN (KiloNewton) Ton (t)
Meters per Second (mps) Kilometers per Hour (kph) Knot (kt) Miles per Hour (mph)
Liter (l) Galon (gl)
Year (yr) Minutes (min) Second (sec)
Shaft-Horse-Power (shp)

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