Dnipro is
Ukrainian prospective
surface-to-air missile
A surface-to-air missile (SAM), also known as a ground-to-air missile (GTAM) or surface-to-air guided weapon (SAGW), is a missile designed to be launched from the ground or the sea to destroy aircraft or other missiles. It is one type of anti-ai ...
of middle range. It was supposed to be mounted on
Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvettes.
The designer, Ukroboronservice, also developed the land-platform variant for this missiles.
On December 1, 2016, a message about successful launches of
cruise missiles Neptune and anti-aircraft missiles Dnipro at a training range in the southern of Ukraine was posted.
Tactical and technical characteristics
* The maximum detection range of a target type of a tactical fighter:
** at an altitude of 7 km - not less than 150 km;
** at an altitude of 0,15 km - not less than 50 km;
** at an altitude of 0.02 km - not less than 28 km;
* Range of steady escort of tactical fighter - 120 km;
* Minimum height of target damage is 0.015 km;
* Maximum defeat height of the target is 25 km;
* Time of preparation (inclusion) of the complex for combat work - no more than 4 minutes.
Producers
Medium range SAM "Dnipro" is a product of joint venture of Ukrainian defense enterprises:
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Iskra SPC (multipurpose radar missile launching station) —
Zaporizhia
Zaporizhzhia, formerly known as Aleksandrovsk or Oleksandrivsk until 1921, is a city in southeast Ukraine, situated on the banks of the Dnieper River. It is the administrative centre of Zaporizhzhia Oblast. Zaporizhzhia has a population of
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* SPP Aerotehnics-MLT (the station of combat control) —
Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
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Luch Design Bureau
Luch Design Bureau (), located in Kyiv, Ukraine, is a major Ukrainian developer of components for the defense industry.
The company is in close co-operation with the Artem holding company, also located in Kyiv. Artem is the main manufacturer of ...
(rockets) —
Kyiv
Kyiv, also Kiev, is the capital and most populous List of cities in Ukraine, city of Ukraine. Located in the north-central part of the country, it straddles both sides of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2022, its population was 2, ...
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* DP LINDRTI (GSN developer) —
Lviv
Lviv ( or ; ; ; see #Names and symbols, below for other names) is the largest city in western Ukraine, as well as the List of cities in Ukraine, fifth-largest city in Ukraine, with a population of It serves as the administrative centre of ...
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KrAZ
KrAZ (, ''Kremenchutskyi Avtomobilnyi Zavod'', Kremenchuk Automobile Plant, АвтоКрА́З or AvtoKrAZ) is a factory in Kremenchuk, Ukraine, that produces trucks and other special-purpose vehicles, particularly heavy-duty off-road models. Th ...
(chassis) —
Kremenchuk
Kremenchuk (; , , also spelt Kremenchug, ) is an industrial city in central Ukraine which stands on the banks of the Dnieper, Dnieper River. The city serves as the administrative center of Kremenchuk Raion and Kremenchuk urban hromada within ...
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Ukroboronservice (General project management)
See also
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Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvette
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Neptune (cruise missile)
R-360 Neptune () is a Ukrainian subsonic cruise missile with all-weather capabilities developed by the Luch Design Bureau in Kyiv as an anti-ship missile, with a later variant for land attack. Neptune's design is based on the Soviet Kh-35 subso ...
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Hrim (missile system)
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Dnepr (rocket)
The Dnepr rocket (; ) was a space launch vehicle named after the Dnieper River. It was a converted ICBM used for launching artificial satellites into orbit, operated by launch service provider ISC Kosmotras. The first launch, on April 21, 1999 ...
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Surface-to-air missiles of Ukraine