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Tactical cruise missile. Year: 1959. IOC: 1959. Country: Russia.
Model: P-15. Tactical cruise missile. IOC: 1959. Country: Russia. Department of Defence Designation: SS-N-2a. ASCC Reporting Name: Styx. Article Number: 4K30. Manufacturer's Designation: P-15. Popular Name: Termit. Complex: 4K30. Missile: P-15. Total Mass: 2,770 kg (6,100 lb). Core Diameter: 0.76 m (2.49 ft). Total Length: 6.40 m (20.90 ft). Span: 2.74 m (8.98 ft). Standard warhead mass: 500 kg (1,100 lb). Maximum range: 47 km (29 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Cruise Propulsion: Turbojet. Guidance: Autopilot + Anti-Radar Homing. Maximum speed: 1,020 kph (630 mph).
Model: P-15U. Tactical cruise missile. Country: Russia. Department of Defence Designation: SS-N-2b. ASCC Reporting Name: Styx. Article Number: 4K40U. Manufacturer's Designation: P-15U. Popular Name: Termit-U. Launch System: Termit. Complex: 4K40U. Missile: P-15U. Antiship missile. Widely deployed. Manufacturer: Raduga Machine Design Bureau. Location: Dubna, Russian Federation. Total Mass: 2,300 kg (5,000 lb). Core Diameter: 0.79 m (2.60 ft). Total Length: 5.79 m (19.01 ft). Span: 2.50 m (8.20 ft). Maximum range: 40 km (24 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Cruise Propulsion: Storable liquid rocket. Guidance: Active Radar Homing.
Model: Rubezh. Tactical cruise missile. Country: Russia. Department of Defence Designation: SS-C-3A. ASCC Reporting Name: Styx. Manufacturer's Designation: P-15. Launch System: Rubezh. Missile: P-15M.
Model: Termit. Tactical cruise missile. Country: Russia. Department of Defence Designation: SS-N-2A. ASCC Reporting Name: Styx. Article Number: 4K40. Manufacturer's Designation: P-15M. Launch System: Termit. Complex: 4K40. Missile: P-15M.
Model: Termit-R. Tactical cruise missile. Country: Russia. Department of Defence Designation: SS-N-2C. ASCC Reporting Name: Styx. Article Number: 4K40M. Manufacturer's Designation: P-15M. Launch System: Termit-R. Complex: 4K40M. Missile: P-15M.
P-15 Chronology 1959 June 20 - Launch Vehicle: R-12, DF-2, P-15, K-13. - Decision to withhold R-12 and nuclear warhead drawing package from China over Sidewinder affair Nation: China. Spacecraft: Project 581. The Soviet Central Committee advises China it will not provide prototype or drawings of atomic bombs as agreed previously. Khrushchev promised China that he would provide the drawing package for the R-12 IRBM as soon as testing was completed. However then came the affair of the Sidewinder. At the end of 1958 or early 1959 a complete missile fell into the hands of the Chinese. They promised to provide it to the Russians, but then dragged their feet. They were finally told in February 1959 that unless they provided the Sidewinder, they would not be given the R-12 package. The missile was finally delivered but it was found that the key crystal in the infrared homing sensor was missing. The Chinese had also been caught disassembling a P-15 cruise missile at a training facility in China. It had taken the Russian trainers two days to get it reassembled correctly. Therefore on June 20 1959 the decision was taken not to transfer the R-12 or the promised nuclear warhead design to China.
The Soviets created a new design bureau to copy the Sidewinder. Fabrication of the crystal for the infrared sensor was the main obstacle. The initial production batches had a 99% rejection rate. A state commission was set up to get to the bottom of the problem, but couldn’t find a solution. The main problem seemed to be low-quality ore provided by the mines.References: 87.
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