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| Russia,
Vietnam to Jointly Manufacture SS-N-25 'Switchblade' (Kh-35E Uran) Anti-Ship
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Russia
and Vietnam are planning to start in 2012 joint production of a modified
anti-ship missile, head of the Federal Service for Military-Technical
Cooperation Mikhail Dmitriyev said on Wednesday.
“We are planning to build facilities in Vietnam for the production
of a version of the Russian Uran [SS-N-25 Switchblade] missile in a
project that is similar to joint Russian-Indian production of the BrahMos
missile,” Dmitriyev said. |
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Kh-35E Uran
(SS-N-25 'Switchblade', GRAU 3M24) Anti-Ship Missile
(Picture: Allocer)
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The Uran subsonic anti-ship missile can be launched
from helicopters, surface ships and coastal defense batteries. It
has a range of up to 250 kilometers (135 nautical miles) and carries
a 145-kilogram high explosive warhead.
Russian-Indian joint venture BrahMos Aerospace Ltd, set up in 1998,
manufactures supersonic cruise missiles based on the Russian-designed
NPO Mashinostroyenie 3M55 Yakhont (SS-N-26).
Sea- and ground-launched versions have been successfully tested and
put into service with the Indian Army and Navy.
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