Thursday, November 20, 2008

Kh-55

IOC: 1984

RKV-500

Also Known As
Granat
SS-N-21 Sampson

Origin
Russia

Contractor/s
Raduga JSC

Applications
Project 671RTM
Project 945A
Project 971
Project 971A

Family Members
Kh-55
Kh-555
Kh-65
Kh-65SE

Description: The RKV-500 is a long range, cruise missile designed to carry a nuclear warhead and to be launched through a submarine torpedo tube. It features an inertial navigation system combined with a terrain correction system which compares the terrain with stored digital maps in the missile's computer memory. The RKV-55 is the Soviet counterpart to American BGM-109 Tomahawak cruise missile.

The RKV-500 and the Kh-55 employed by strategic bombers share the same airframe. The RKV-500 was deployed onboard Soviet Navy's Akula, Sierra, and Victor III-class nuclear-powered submarines. The upgraded RKV-500B featuring the same improvements than the Kh-55MS missile was deployed in the 1990s within the Russian Navy.

Specifications
Dimensions: Diameter 520 mm, Length 8.1 m, Width 3.1 m

Weights: Max Weight 1,700 kg (3,748 lb)

Performance: CEP 150 m (492 ft), Max Range 2,500 km (1,350 nm), Top Speed 256 mps (Mach 0.77)

Yield: 200 kiloton

Operators

Russia / 600

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)

Last Updated: Saturday, October 25, 2008

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