RPK-6 ''Vodopad'' (, "waterfall") is a
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen nation ...
533 mm
anti-submarine missile An anti-submarine missile is a standoff anti-submarine weapon. Often a variant of anti-ship missile designs, an anti-submarine systems typically use a jet or rocket engine, to deliver an explosive warhead aimed directly at a submarine, a depth c ...
deployed operationally since 1981.
RPK-7 ''Veter'' (, "wind") is a 650 mm version, deployed operationally since 1984.
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Both missiles are given the same United States Navy designation SS-N-16 and NATO designation ''Stallion''.][
Both missiles are torpedo-tube launched, with a solid-fuel rocket engine to power them above the surface.][ Both missiles are dual-role; they can be armed with either a 400 mm anti-submarine torpedo or a nuclear depth charge.][
The Veter's increased range of approximately 100 kilometers was an impressive boost over its predecessor the SS-N-15 Starfish, which could only reach half the distance.
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Specifications (RPK-7 Veter)
Performance:
* Range: 100 km (55 nmi)
Payload:
* Nuclear depth charge or 400 mm torpedo
Guidance:
*inertial guidance
An inertial navigation system (INS) is a navigation device that uses motion sensors ( accelerometers), rotation sensors ( gyroscopes) and a computer to continuously calculate by dead reckoning the position, the orientation, and the velocity ...
Operators
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* Soviet Navy
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* Russian Navy
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Cold War anti-ship missiles of the Soviet Union
Anti-submarine missiles
RPK-006
RPK-007
Surface-to-surface missiles
Military equipment introduced in the 1980s
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