Analogous to the SUBROC missile previously used by the US Navy, it is designed to be fired from a 533 mm torpedo tube. It is boosted by a choice of mechanisms depending on model before clearing the water, firing a solid fuel rocket and delivering its payload up to 45 kilometres (28 mi) away. The payload ranges from a simple depth charge to a 200 kt thermonuclear warhead.
The RPK-2 uses a 82R torpedo or 90R nuclear depth charge in the 533 mm version, and a 83R torpedo carrying[clarification needed] or 86R nuclear depth charge in 650 mm version.
Both submarine- and surface-launched versions exist. The surface-launched versions are used by the Slava, Kirov, Neustrashimyy and Udaloy classes. The submarine-launched versions are used by the Akula, Oscar, Typhoon, Delta, Kilo, and Borei classes. However, the munition package used in either is identical and hence the ship-launched version is launched into the water and submerges before firing its engines.
vyuga, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, february, 2011, lear. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources RPK 2 Vyuga news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2011 Learn how and when to remove this template message The RPK 2 Vyuga Russian RPK 2 Vyuga blizzard NATO reporting name SS N 15 Starfish also designated as 81R is a Soviet submarine launched nuclear armed anti submarine missile system launched exclusively through 533 millimetre 21 0 in torpedo tubes The system was designed in Sverdlovsk Russian SFSR in the 1960s RPK 2 Vyuga NATO reporting name SS N 15 Starfish Mission profileTypeAnti submarine ship missilePlace of originSoviet UnionService historyIn service1969 currentUsed byRussiaProduction historyDesigned1960sSpecificationsWarhead 5 kt thermonuclear warhead or a Type 40 torpedoWarhead weight2445 kgPropellantsolid fuel rocketOperationalrange35 45 km 22 28 mi Maximum speedMach 0 9GuidancesystemInertial guidanceLaunchplatformAkula Oscar Typhoon Alfa Delta Kilo BoreiAnalogous to the SUBROC missile previously used by the US Navy it is designed to be fired from a 533 mm torpedo tube It is boosted by a choice of mechanisms depending on model before clearing the water firing a solid fuel rocket and delivering its payload up to 45 kilometres 28 mi away The payload ranges from a simple depth charge to a 200 kt thermonuclear warhead Contents 1 Design 2 Operators 3 See also 4 External linksDesign EditThe RPK 2 uses a 82R torpedo or 90R nuclear depth charge in the 533 mm version and a 83R torpedo carrying clarification needed or 86R nuclear depth charge in 650 mm version Both submarine and surface launched versions exist The surface launched versions are used by the Slava Kirov Neustrashimyy and Udaloy classes The submarine launched versions are used by the Akula Oscar Typhoon Delta Kilo and Borei classes However the munition package used in either is identical and hence the ship launched version is launched into the water and submerges before firing its engines Operators Edit Russia Soviet UnionSee also EditMetel Anti Ship Complex predecessor RPK 6 Vodopad and RPK 7 Veter successor 82R Vikhr SUW N 1 SMARTExternal links EditEncyclopedia Astronautica SS N 15 Starfish RPK 2 Viyoga This article relating to missiles is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title RPK 2 Vyuga amp oldid 1110242760, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
