Meet Russia’s Most Dangerous Weapon - A Threat to American Carriers and Destroyer
Meet Russia’s Most Dangerous Weapon - A Threat to American Carriers and Destroyer
Types include “Orlyonok” (Eaglet) transport ekranoplans and the “Lun” (Hen Harrier) attack ekranoplan armed with the Moskit (Mosquito) supersonic anti-ship missiles with the top speed of 3000 km/h. Jane’s Intelligence Review writes about this missile: “The Moskit was the world’s first supersonic sea-skimming anti-ship missile. It preceded any comparable Western missile by almost two decades and, today, probably no anti-ship missile causes more anxiety in Western navies… It is the combination of extremely high terminal speed, low approach altitudes and terminal maneuvering in the Russian 3M80 Moskit (Mosquito), otherwise known in Western circles as the SS-N-22 `Sunburn’, which raises serious questions about the viability of many existing shipborne defences. ”
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