Object-100 Utes (Utyos) or Sotka is a
Russian Navy anti-ship missile
An anti-ship missile (AShM) is a guided missile that is designed for use against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. A good ...
coastal defense division built in Soviet times, using bunker TEL (similar to
Nike Hercules
The Nike Hercules, initially designated SAM-A-25 and later MIM-14, was a surface-to-air missile (SAM) used by U.S. and NATO armed forces for medium- and high-altitude long-range air defense. It was normally armed with the W31 nuclear warhead, bu ...
SAM ABM) with a pair of
SS-N-3 Shaddock
The P-5 ''"Pyatyorka"'' (russian: П-5 «Пятёрка»; "Pyatyorka", "fiver" in English), also known by the NATO codename SS-N-3C Shaddock, is a Cold War era turbojet-powered cruise missile of the Soviet Union, designed by the Chelomey desig ...
P-35B 4K44B (same used operated on Redut complex) SS-N-3b Shaddock 3M44 Progress, can also launch different ones like P-6 P-35B S-35.
Modern times
Utes, or Sotka, Object-100 missiles are situated right on a cliff, with the sea beneath, 50–100 m from sea level, stationed at two firing positions (bunker TEL) alongside the rest of the base facilities.
In April 2017, crews of a 4K44 Utyos (SS-C-1B Sepal) stationary coastal defense missile system in Crimea test fired a P-35 (SS-C-3) cruise missile at a sea target. The missile has a range of 300 km and a high-explosive warhead.
Russia Black Sea Fleet 4K44 Utyos coastal missile crew fires live weapon on practice target
- Navyrecognition.com, 28 April 2017
Operation
; main
* P-35B 4K44B 3M44 Progress in bunker TEL (similar to Nike Hercules or North Korean coastal AShM sites).
Operator
;
* VMF Crimean Armed Forces
** BRaV CmF ВМФ ЧмФ БРВ (Black Sea Fleet Coastal Missile Forces), Crimean Navy
See also
*SS-N-3 Shaddock
The P-5 ''"Pyatyorka"'' (russian: П-5 «Пятёрка»; "Pyatyorka", "fiver" in English), also known by the NATO codename SS-N-3C Shaddock, is a Cold War era turbojet-powered cruise missile of the Soviet Union, designed by the Chelomey desig ...
*Bastion-P
The K-300P ''Bastion-P'' ( NATO reporting name SS-C-5 Stooge) is a Russian mobile coastal defence missile system. The system was developed together with the Belarusian company '' Tekhnosoyuzproekt''.
Design
The main role of the Bastion-P is to en ...
- and silo K-300S P-800 variant .
* R-500 9M728
*Kh-35
The Zvezda Kh-35 (russian: Х-35 , AS-20 'Kayak') is a Soviet turbojet subsonic cruise anti-ship missile. The missile can be launched from helicopters, surface ships and coastal defence batteries with the help of a rocket booster, in which c ...
3M24 SS-N-25, Bal
*3M-54 Klub
The 3M-54 Kalibr, (Калибр, caliber), also referred to it as 3M54-1 Kalibr, 3M14 Biryuza (Бирюза, turquoise), (NATO reporting name SS-N-27 Sizzler and SS-N-30A) is a family of Russian cruise missiles developed by the Novator Design Bur ...
References
Military in Crimea
Installations of the Russian Navy
Installations of the Soviet Navy
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