RPK-9 Medvedka

SS-N-29
Type Antisubmarine missile
Service history
Used by Russia
Production history
Designer Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
Specifications
Weight 800 kg (1,800 lb)
Diameter 400 mm (16 in)

Operational
range
20 km (12 mi)

RPK-9 Medvedka ("Mole cricket", NATO Designation SS-N-29)[1] is a modern missile system used to engage submarines. The system consists of a launcher with eight missiles, each with the small torpedo as the warhead. Currently this system is installed on Steregushchy class corvettes and will be utilised by the Admiral Sergei Gorshkov class frigate in the future.

Specifications

Operators

 Russia

References

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