RPK-6 ''Vodopad'' (, "waterfall") is a
Soviet
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533 mm
anti-submarine missile 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.][ Theys are dual-role and 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 RPK-2 Vyuga, 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
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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 of the Soviet Union
RPK-006
Surface-to-surface missiles of the Soviet Union
Military equipment introduced in the 1980s
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