SS-N-29

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SS-N-29
General Information
Type Anti -submarine guided missile
Local name RPK-9 Medvedka, 89R
NATO designation SS-N-29
Country of origin Soviet UnionSoviet Union Soviet Union / RussiaRussiaRussia 
Manufacturer Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering
development 1987
Commissioning Not put into service
Technical specifications
length 5.53 m
diameter 400 mm
Combat weight 800 kg
drive Solid rocket engine
Range 20 km
Furnishing
steering Inertial navigation platform
Warhead MPT-1UE torpedo
Weapon platforms Ships
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The SS-N-29 is a ship-based anti -submarine guided weapon made in Russia. The system name is RPK-9 Medwedka / 89R .

development

The system development at MITT (Moscow Institute for Heat Technology) began in 1987. In the initial phase, the system was still called Grilltalpa . In 1993, a hydrofoil was equipped with the system for test purposes . Tests and shooting attempts were carried out on the Black Sea in 1993–1997 . In 1999 the system was formally included in the armament of the Russian Navy under the designation RPK-9 "Medvedka" .

technology

The guided missiles are housed in swiveling quadruple starting containers on the ship deck. A complex with two quadruple starting containers weighs 9200 kg and can be installed on ships with a displacement of 350 tons or more.

The guided weapon itself is a combination of a rocket propellant and the anti- submarine torpedo MPT-1UE . After firing, the RPK-9 flies on a ballistic trajectory into a predefined area in which the enemy submarine is located. The rocket propellant is detonated at a pre-calculated position and the torpedo floats on a parachute on the water. When it hits the surface of the water, the parachute detaches from the torpedo, which then descends and independently begins to search for the submarine. The MPT-1UE torpedo has a length of 3.05 m, a diameter of 324 mm and weighs 325 kg. He can fight submarines at a depth of 16 to 500 m. The maximum speed of the torpedo is 50 knots (around 93 km / h) and the maximum range is 13 km.

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status

The Medvedka guided weapons are among those powerful weapon systems of Soviet design that were only ready for series production in the 1990s. Due to a lack of money, the Russian armed forces were only able to obtain the guided missile system to a very limited extent, which is why it is now almost exclusively produced for export.

The Russian Navy currently has no ship that is equipped with these guided missiles. The test platform, the hydrofoil Aleksandr Kunachowitsch the Babochka class (Project 1141) was decommissioned in 1994 and scrapped. A planned installation on the combat ships of the Stereguschtschi class (project 20380) and the Admiral Gorschkow class (project 22350) was not implemented.

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  • Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems 1997 to 1998. US Naval Institute Press
  • Jane's Underwater Warfare Systems 2006-2007. Jane's Publishing House
  • Jane's Naval Weapon Systems Edition 2005. Jane's Publisher

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