The UDAV-1 system is a Russian ship-borne

Anti-submarine weapon An anti-submarine weapon (ASW) is any one of a number of devices that are intended to act against a submarine and its crew, to destroy (sink) the vessel or reduce its capability as a weapon of war. In its simplest sense, an anti-submarine weapo ...

system. The weapon fires a number of different types of rockets, which in addition to attacking submarines provide a multi-layer defense against

torpedo A modern torpedo is an underwater ranged weapon launched above or below the water surface, self-propelled towards a target, and with an explosive warhead designed to detonate either on contact with or in proximity to the target. Historically, s ...

es and

frogmen A frogman is someone who is trained in scuba diving or swimming underwater in a tactical capacity that includes military, and in some European countries, police work. Such personnel are also known by the more formal names of combat diver, comb ...

. The system operates in conjunction with the ship's

sonar Sonar (sound navigation and ranging or sonic navigation and ranging) is a technique that uses sound propagation (usually underwater, as in submarine navigation) to navigate, measure distances (ranging), communicate with or detect objects on o ...

. The system consists of: *A KT-153 remotely controlled multi-barrel automated rocket launcher with indirect elevation/traverse stabilization; * 111SG depth-charge rockets with HE warhead and impact-time fuse to engage underwater targets; * 111SZ mine-laying rockets with hydro-acoustic

proximity fuse A proximity fuze (or fuse) is a fuze that detonates an explosive device automatically when the distance to the target becomes smaller than a predetermined value. Proximity fuzes are designed for targets such as planes, missiles, ships at sea, an ...

for remote mining of a water area to make a barrier for incoming torpedoes; * 111SO

decoy A decoy (derived from the Dutch ''de'' ''kooi'', literally "the cage" or possibly ''ende kooi'', " duck cage") is usually a person, device, or event which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to lu ...

rockets to divert homing torpedoes from the surface ship by creating false acoustic target; * fire control devices; * an ammunition loading device; * ground support equipment.

Specifications

* Number of barrels: 10 * Number of rockets (including reloads): 40-60 * Effective range: 3,000 meters * Effective dept: 600 meters * Firing modes: single, salvo * Rocket caliber: 300 mm * Rocket length: 2,200 mm * Reaction time: 15 seconds * Intercept probability (salvo): 0.9 vs. torpedoes, 0.76 vs. homing torpedoes

Ship deployment

Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier The ''Kuznetsov''-class aircraft carrying cruiser (Russian: Авиано́сцы ти́па «Кузнецо́в» ''Avianо́stsii Tipa "Kuznetsо́v"''), Soviet designation Project 1143.5, is a class of aircraft carriers operated by the Russ ...

Kirov-class battlecruiser The ''Kirov'' class, Soviet designation Project 1144 ''Orlan'' (sea eagle), is a class of nuclear-powered guided-missile cruisers of the Soviet Navy and Russian Navy, the largest and heaviest surface combatant warships (i.e. not an aircraft c ...

Udaloy-class destroyer The ''Udaloy'' class, Soviet designation Project 1155 ''Fregat'' and Russian designation Project 11551 ''Fregat-M'' (russian: Фрегат, 'Fregat' meaning Frigate), are series of anti-submarine guided-missile destroyers built for the Soviet N ...

References

* Anti-submarine missiles Naval weapons of Russia NPO Splav products {{weapon-stub