P-700 Granit

P-700 Granit
(NATO reporting name: SS-N-19 'Shipwreck')
P-700 Granit
TypeLong-range anti-ship cruise missile
Surface or submarine launched
Place of originSoviet Union/Russia
Service history
In serviceSince 1983
Used bySoviet Union, Russia
Production history
DesignerOKB-52/NPO Mashinostroyeniya, Vladimir Chelomey
Designed1970s
Produced1985–1992
Specifications
Mass7,000 kg (15,400 lb)
Length10 m (33 ft)
Diameter0.85 m (33 in)
WarheadHigh explosive or nuclear
Warhead weight750 kg (1,653 lb)
Blast yield500 kt

Engineturbojet and ramjet probable
Operational
range
625 km (388 mi)[1]
Maximum speed Mach 1.6 (low altitude)
Mach 2.5+ (high altitude)
Guidance
system
Inertial guidance, active radar homing with home-on-jam, and Legenda satellite targeting system (believed to be nonfunctional after the fall of the USSR)
Launch
platform
Oscar-class submarines
Kirov-class battlecruiser & Kuznetsov-class aircraft carrier

The P-700 Granit (Russian: П-700 "Гранит"; English: granite) is a Soviet and Russian naval anti-ship cruise missile. Its GRAU designation is 3M45, its NATO reporting name SS-N-19 Shipwreck. It comes in surface-to-surface and submarine-launched variants, and can also be used against ground targets.[2][3]

  1. ^ Dr C Kopp (6 August 2009). "Soviet/Russian Cruise Missiles". p. 1. Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. ^ "АПЛ "Смоленск" выполнила стрельбу крылатой ракетой по мишени на Новой Земле - Еженедельник "Военно-промышленный курьер"". vpk-news.ru (in Russian). Archived from the original on 23 May 2018. Retrieved 20 October 2016. (erroneous citation)
  3. ^ Video: Russia’s Oscar-II SSN Tomsk launches cruise missile against coastal target - Navyrecognition.com, 13 July 2017 (erroneous citation)

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