81R
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The 81R was an antiship and anti-submarine ballistic missile used by the Soviet Union
during the Cold War
. It had a short range and was unguided, but was loaded with an active nuclear warhead. Designed by NPO Novator
.
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. It had a short range and was unguided, but was loaded with an active nuclear warhead. Designed by NPO Novator
NPO Novator
NPO Novator is a Russian company that designs long-range anti-aircraft missiles. It was established in 1947 as OKB-8 in Sverdlovsk , became independent in 1991, and then became part of the Almaz-Antey conglomerate...
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Specifications
- Range - 35–45 km
- Propulsion - solid-fuel booster
- Speed - subsonic (Mach 0.9)
- Payload - 5 kt nuclear warhead or a Type 40 torpedo
- Diameter - 533 mm torpedo tubes
- In service - 1969
- Launch weight - 2445 kg
- Inertial guidance
See also
- Metel Anti-Ship Complex, predecessor
- 82R Vikhr (SUW-N-1)
- Type 86R and Type 88R Vodopad/Vodoley/Veter (SS-N-16 Stallion), successor
External links
- Encyclopedia Astronautica
- Shchuka B-class (NATO name 'Akula') Statistics (James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies)
- SS-N-15 Starfish (RPK-2 Viyoga)