SUW-N-1

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SUW-N-1

RPK-1 Wichr
RPK-1 Wichr

General Information
Type Short-range missile
Local name RPK-1 Wichr, 82R
NATO designation SUW-N-1
Country of origin Soviet Union 1955Soviet Union Soviet Union
development 1960
Commissioning 1968
Working time 1968-1993
Technical specifications
length 6.00 m
diameter 540 mm
Combat weight 1,800 kg
drive Solid rocket engine
speed Mach 1.8
Range 24 km
Furnishing
steering no
Target location no
Warhead Nuclear warhead 5 kt or 10 kt
Detonator Pressure detonators and time detonators
Weapon platforms Ships
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RPK-1 Wichr (NATO code: SUW-N-1 ; FRAS-1 ) is a Soviet - made ballistic anti-submarine missile .

history

In October 1960, the Soviet government commissioned the development of new anti-submarine weapons. This was in response to the numerous nuclear submarines built by the USA. In particular, the development of the submarine-based intercontinental ballistic missiles Polaris-A-1 made the American submarines a serious threat to the Soviet Union . The aim was to develop a anti-submarine missile with which submarines could also be fought from a great distance.

1964 first systems were produced and in 1967 a starter for the first time on a aircraft cruiser of the Moskva class installed. Eventually the system was officially added to the inventory of the Soviet Navy in 1968.

construction

The system launched unguided ballistic missiles, which originally had a minimum range of 10 km and a maximum range of 24 km. With the versions developed in the following years, ranges of up to 44 km were achieved. Due to the poor accuracy of the missiles (with a maximum range a deviation of about 1,200 m) they had to be equipped with nuclear warheads, otherwise they would have been practically useless. The missiles were fired from a double arm launcher. The ship's own sonar , sonar buoys and helicopters were used to obtain target information .

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