P-500
P-500
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Anti-ship missile. Year: 1976. IOC: 1976. Country: Russia. Department of Defence Designation: SS-N-12. ASCC Reporting Name: Sandbox. Article Number: 4K80. Manufacturer's Designation: P-500. Popular Name: Bazalt. Launch System: Bazalt. Complex: 4K80.

Ship-launched antiship missile. Replacing P-35/SS-N-3.

Manufacturer: Machine Production Scientific Production Assn. (okb-52). Location: Reutov, Russian Federation. Total Mass: 4,800 kg (10,500 lb). Core Diameter: 0.88 m (2.90 ft). Total Length: 11.71 m (38.41 ft). Span: 2.59 m (8.50 ft). Standard warhead mass: 1,000 kg (2,200 lb). Maximum range: 547 km (339 mi). Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Cruise Propulsion: Turbojet. Guidance: Inertial + Active Radar Homing. Maximum speed: 2,900 kph (1,800 mph). Minimum range: 282 km (175 mi). Ceiling: 10,700 m (35,100 ft).


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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