P-500 Bazalt

• Is Missile — yes • Name — P-500 Bazalt / P-1000 Vulkan (NATO reporting name: SS-N-12 'Sandbox') • Origin — Soviet Union • Type — Cruise missile Surface-to-surface missile Submarine-launched cruise missile • Used By — Soviet Union, Russia • Designer — OKB-52/NPO Mashinostroyeniya Chelomey • Design Date — 1963-1974 • Manufacturer — P.A. Strela • Production Date — 1970–1987 (P-500) 1985–1992 (P-1000) • Service — Since 1975 • Engine — turbojet • Weight — 4800 kg • Length — 11.7 meters • Diameter — 0.88 meters • Wingspan — 2.6 meters • Speed — Mach 3+ (P-1000 Vulkan) • Vehicle Range — 550 km (P-500) • Altitude — 50–5,000 meters • Filling — High explosive or nuclear • Filling Weight — 1000 kg (P-500) • Yield — 350 kt • Guidance — Semi-active radar homing, terminal active radar homing • Launch Platform — Echo II & Juliett-class submarines Kiev-class aircraft carrier & Slava-class cruiser

Developed by OKB-52 MAP (later NPO Mashinostroyeniya), it entered service to replace the SS-N-3 Shaddock (Russian designation: P-5 Pyatyorka). The P-500 Bazalt was first deployed in 1975 on the, and was later added to both the and the s, replacing their Pyatyorka/Shaddock missiles. A version of the P-500 Bazalt with improved guidance and engines is used on the s. The sixteen launch tubes flanking the superstructure are an unmistakable characteristic of this cruiser class.

• Illustration — The P-1000 Vulkan An improved version of the P-500 was installed on three Echo II submarines towards the end of the Cold War. The P-1000 Vulkan (GRAU 3M70) presumably has the same firing range and maximum speed with the P-500 Bazalt (range 800 km). The missile weight was increased by 1–2 tons. The missile has a turbojet engine and a starting powder accelerator. High-altitude flight regimes are presumably the same as that of the P-500. The P-1000 was ordered on 15 May 1979 from NPO Mashinostroyeniya Chelomey. It first flew in July 1982 and was accepted for service on 18 December 1987. It was installed on three Echo II submarines of the Northern Fleet between 1987 and 1993. The conversion of two units of the Pacific Fleet, the K-10 and K-34, was abandoned due to lack of funds. Of the submarines that did receive the P-1000, the K-1 was decommissioned after a reactor accident in 1989, the K-35 was stricken in 1993 and the K-22 in 1995. The P-1000 has been installed on the Slava-class cruiser Varyag, and some sources reported P-1000 missiles on her sister ship Moskva. • Illustration — Eight SS-N-12 launchers on the bow of the aircraft carrying cruiser Kiev • Illustration — Fourteen Echo II-class submarines were upgraded to carry the P-500, and three of those went on to receive the P-1000 Vulkan. The distinctive notches on the Echo's hulls redirect the exhaust of the P-500 during launch. • Illustration — Eight pairs of P-500 canisters are a distinctive feature of Slava class cruisers; those on the Varyag (pictured) have been upgraded to the P-1000 Vulkan.

Current; • Russian Navy Former; • Soviet Navy

The following is established of the heading itself. It is also recorded that p-500 Bazalt is classified as an anti-ship missile or cruise missile. Institutional cataloguing adds that p-500 Bazalt is associated with Soviet Union.