The KSShch (russian: Корабельный снаряд «Щука» (КСЩ);
tr.:''Korabelny snaryad Shchuka (KSShch)''; en, Shchuka Anti-Ship Missile, "Shchuka" –
pike
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* Ctenoluciidae, the "pike characins", some species of which are commonly known as pikes
* ''Esox'', genus of ...
in English) was a
Soviet
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anti-ship cruise missile
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design that carried a
nuclear warhead
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. Its
GRAU
The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (), commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU (), is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense. It is subordinate to the ...
designation is 4K32. It was sometimes referred to as P-1 Strela or ''Strelka'' (Little Arrow). It was used in the 1950s and 1960s. The missile's
NATO reporting name
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was SS-N-1 ''Scrubber''. It was tested in 1953–1954 on the destroyer ''Bedovyy'' (
''Kildin''-class) and entered service in 1955, being deployed on ''Kildin''- and ''Krupnyy'' (later converted to
''Kanin'')-class ships. It was fired from a heavy rail launcher SM-59, with an armoured hangar. As those ships were retrofitted and modernized between 1966 and 1977, the missiles were removed (in favor of the
SS-N-2
The P-15 ''Termit'' (russian: П-15 "Термит"; en, termite) is an anti-ship missile developed by the Soviet Union's Raduga design bureau in the 1950s. Its GRAU designation was 4K40, its NATO reporting name was ''Styx'' or SS-N-2. Chin ...
on the Kildin class and an anti-aircraft/anti-submarine weapons suite on the Kanin class).
Specifications
*Total length: 7.6 m (25 ft)
*Diameter: 900 mm (3 ft)
*Wingspan: 4.6 m (15 ft)
*Weight: 3,100 kg (6830 lb)
*Warhead: nuclear warhead or High Explosive
*Propulsion:
liquid-fuel rocket
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*Range:
*Guidance:
inertial guidance
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*Contractor:
NPO Mashinostroenia
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*Entered service: 1955
Operators
;
* The
Soviet Navy employed the KSShch on
''Kildin'' and
''Kanin'' class ships. The missile was withdrawn by 1977.
See also
*
KS-1 Komet
The Raduga KS-1 Komet (russian: КС-1 "Комета", NATO reporting name: Kennel), also referred to as AS-1 and KS-1 (крылатый снаряд - winged projectile) was a Soviet short range air-to-surface missile, primarily developed for a ...
*
Saab Rb 08
Robot 08 (Rb 08) was a Swedish anti-ship missile. It was the first operational ship-based anti-ship missiles. The design was a development of the French Nord Aviation CT20 target missile and was manufactured by Saab. The project to develop the wea ...
*
P-20 Sokol
*
P-40
The Curtiss P-40 Warhawk is an American single-engined, single-seat, all-metal fighter and ground-attack aircraft that first flew in 1938. The P-40 design was a modification of the previous Curtiss P-36 Hawk which reduced development time an ...
References
External links
GlobalSecurity.org: SS-N-1 Scrubberaccessed March 15, 2004.
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