- P-800 Oniks
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Yakhont/Onyx missile 
Type anti-ship cruise missile Service history In service since 1999 Production history Manufacturer NPO Mashinostroyeniya Specifications Weight 3,000 kg Length 8.9 m Diameter 0.7 m Warhead 300 kg Engine ramjet using kerosene liquid fuel Wingspan 1.7 m Operational
range120 to 300 km depending on altitude Flight altitude 5 meters or higher Speed Mach 2.5 Guidance
systemactive-passive, radar seeker head Launch
platformnaval ships, fixed-wing aircraft, coastal installations The P-800 Oniks (Russian: П-800 Оникс, alternatively termed Yakhont (Яхонт) for export markets; "Oniks" is onyx, and "Yakhont" is ruby or sapphire in English) is a Russian (former Soviet) supersonic anti-ship cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a ramjet version of P-80 Zubr. Its GRAU designation is 3M55. Development reportedly started in 1983, and by 2001 allowed the launch of the missile from land, sea, air and submarine. The missile has the NATO reporting codename SS-N-26. It is reportedly a replacement for the P-270 Moskit, but possibly also for the P-700 Granit. The P-800 was reportedly used as the basis for the joint Russian-Indian supersonic missile the PJ-10 BrahMos.
Sergei Prikhodko, senior adviser to the Russia President, has said that Russia intends to deliver P-800 to Syria.[1] However Syria lacks any aircraft that can launch this missile and any ability to track targets over the horizon for it, so will be limited to line of sight attacks from ships and ground platforms.[2] Israel is more concerned that these missiles may be transferred to Hezbollah for a repeat of the INS Hanit incident.[3]
Contents
Operators
Russia
Indonesia - 4 VLS (vertical launching system) mounted on Van Speijk Class KRI Oswald Siahaan (354)[4]
Vietnam - land-based coastal defense system[5]
Future operators
References
- ^ Despite Israeli protests, Russia won't halt arms sale to Syria
- ^ How serious is the P800 Yakhont threat? Does it has a destabilizing effect on the Middle East? - Defense-Update
- ^ Israel says Russia-Syria weapons deal is an unwelcome development
- ^ http://www.eurasiareview.com/indonesia%E2%80%99s-anti-ship-missiles-new-development-in-naval-capabilities-analysis-31052011/
- ^ http://www.eurasiareview.com/indonesia%E2%80%99s-anti-ship-missiles-new-development-in-naval-capabilities-analysis-31052011/
- ^ Stav Spivak (3 April 2011). "Israel urges Russia to reconsider Syrian arms deal". Ynetnews. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4051524,00.html. Retrieved 3 April 2011.
- Russian/Sovjet Sea-based Anti-Ship Missiles DTIG - Defense Threat Informations Group, Nov 2005
- Warfare.ru details
- Russian missile export details
- NPO Mashinostroyeniya details
- Yakhont Launcher on KRI Oswald Siahaan
External links
- SS-N-26 (Federation of American Scientists)
- Sunburns, Yakhonts, Alfas and the Region (Australian Aviation, Sept 2000) (PDF)
- www.dtig.org Russian/Sovjet Sea-based Anti-Ship Missiles (pdf)
- Russia would supply Syria with P-800 Yakhont cruise missiles
Categories:- Anti-ship cruise missiles of Russia
- Anti-ship cruise missiles of the Soviet Union
- Ramjet engines
- Russian military stubs
- Guided missile stubs
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