KSShch
Illustration — Armored launcher SM-59 (note horizontal rail) on the stern of Kildin-class Neulovimy The KSShch (tr.:Korabelny snaryad Shchuka (KSShch); Anti-Ship Missile "Pike") was a Soviet anti-ship cruise missile design that carried a nuclear warhead. Its GRAU designation is 4K32. It was sometimes referred to as P-1 Strela (П-1 «Стрела», "Arrow").
Also recorded as SS-N-1 Scrubber · P-1 Strela · Shchuka · 4K32
KSShch
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- anti-ship cruise missile
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- Soviet Union
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Illustration — Armored launcher SM-59 (note horizontal rail) on the stern of Kildin-class Neulovimy The KSShch (tr.:Korabelny snaryad Shchuka (KSShch); Anti-Ship Missile "Pike") was a Soviet anti-ship cruise missile design that carried a nuclear warhead. Its GRAU designation is 4K32. It was sometimes referred to as P-1 Strela (П-1 «Стрела», "Arrow").
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It was used in the 1950s and 1960s. The missile's NATO reporting name was SS-N-1 Scrubber. It was tested in 1953–1954 on the destroyer Bedovyy (Kildin-class) and entered service in 1955, being deployed on Kildin- and Krupnyy (later converted to Kanin)-class ships. It was fired from a heavy rail launcher SM-59, with an armoured hangar.
• Total length: 7.6 m (25 ft) • Diameter: 900 mm (3 ft) • Wingspan: 4.6 m (15 ft) • Weight: 3,100 kg (6830 lb) • Warhead: nuclear warhead or High Explosive • Propulsion: liquid-fuel rocket • Range: 68 km • Guidance: inertial guidance • Contractor: NPO Mashinostroenia • Entered service: 1955
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• The Soviet Navy employed the KSShch on Kildin and Kanin class ships, and tested aboard the Project 68ER cruiser Admiral Nakhimov. The missile was withdrawn by 1977.
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