RPK-2 Wijuga
| RPK-2 Wijuga | |
|---|---|
| General Information | |
| Type | Anti -submarine missile |
| Local name | RPK-2 Wijuga |
| NATO designation | SS-N-15 starfish |
| Country of origin |
.svg){kind=small} Soviet Union / Russia
|
| Manufacturer | Nowator NPO |
| development | 1960 |
| Commissioning | 1969 |
| Working time | in service |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 8.20 m |
| diameter | 533 mm |
| Combat weight | 1,800 kg |
| drive | Solid rocket engine |
| speed | Mach 1.6 |
| Range | 45 km |
| Furnishing | |
| steering | Inertial navigation platform |
| Warhead | Nuclear warhead 10–20 kt |
| Weapon platforms | Submarines |
| Lists on the subject | |
The RPK-2 Wijuga (NATO designation: SS-N-15 Starfish) is a Soviet -made submarine-based guided missile. It is used to combat submarines.
technology
The guided weapon is fired from the 533 mm standard torpedo tubes of submarines. The start can be made from a diving depth of 60 m. After leaving the torpedo tube, the rocket motor ignites and drives the guided weapon to the surface of the water. After piercing the surface of the water, the missile follows a ballistic trajectory. The flight speed is around Mach 1.6. The guided missiles are controlled via an inertial navigation system . The nuclear warhead or torpedo is ejected in the pre-programmed target area. The nuclear depth charge detonates in a preselected water depth. The RPK-2 Wijuga can fight submarines down to a depth of 600 m.
The RPK-2 Wijuga is primarily used to combat submarines. The nuclear-equipped versions can also be used in a secondary role against ships or coastal targets.
The RPK-2 Wijuga system was first developed specifically for the Alfa-class submarines . All Russian submarines such as B. the Akula-class , the Victor-class , the Typhoon-class and the Oscar-II-class have 533 mm torpedo tubes and can use the RPK-2 Wijuga. The RPK-2 Tsakra version can also be used from surface vessels.
variants
- RPK-2 Vijuga / 81R / D-93 with a 200 kT nuclear depth charge as a warhead. Range 37 km.
- RPK-2 Vijuga / 81RA with a 5 kT nuclear depth charge as a warhead. Range 45 km.
- 81T, 81RT variants for use from 650 mm torpedo tubes. Development stopped.
- RPK-2 Vijuga / 90R / D-95 with a 10–20 kT nuclear depth charge as a warhead. Range 45 km.
- RPK-2 Vijuga / 82R with a 200 kT nuclear depth charge as a warhead. Range 42 km.
- RPK-2 Tsakra with an APR-3 torpedo as a warhead. Range 37 km.
- RPK-2 Tsakra / 90RU comprehensively modernized design. Introduced in 1999.
status
The RPK-2 Wijuga was designed as a counterpart to the US UUM-44 Subroc . The SS-N-15 was partially replaced by the RPK-6 from the mid-1990s . Only the non-nuclear RPK-2 Tsakra is currently in use.
Web links
swell
- Jane's Underwater Warfare Systems Edition 2005 Jane’s Information Group
- Jane's Naval Weapon Systems Edition 1995 Jane's Information Group
- Jane's Strategic Weapon Systems Edition 2005 Jane's Information Group
Individual evidence
- ^ Norman Polmar, Kenneth J. Moore: Cold War submarines: The design and construction of US and Soviet submarines, 1945-2001. Brassey's, 2004, ISBN 1-57488-594-4 , p. 298.