Breaking news
Vietnam Navy Procuring Club Cruise Missiles for its Russian-Made Project 636 Kilo Class Submarines.
| 2015
Navy Recognition interview
with Novator Club Missile Systems Expert, during IMDS 2013 |
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Designed
by Russian company JSC Experimental Machine-Design Bureau "Novator",
tThe Club familly of missiles consists of both surface launched (Club
N) and Submarine launched (Club S) missiles. 3M-14E and 3M-14TE are land attack cruise missiles. 91RE1 and 91RTE2 are anti-submarine missiles, 3M-54E and 3M-54TE are anti-ship cruise missiles with a stage capable of supersonic speeds. In the case of the Vietnamese Navy Kilo class SSK, the missiles about to be procured are the submarine launched variant: 3M-14E (land attack) Land Attack variant with inertial navigation guidance, it has a length of 6.2 meters with a 400 kg warhead and a range of 275 km. Speed: subsonic; and likely the 3M-54E (anti-ship) Anti-ship variant, 8.22 meters long with a 200 kg warhead and a range of 220 km. It starts flying at subsonic speed then becomes supersonic (Mach 2.9) at sea-skimming (5 meters above surface) level in terminal phase. It is capable of evasive maneuvers to avoid radar or IR detection. |
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