Zircon is a ship-launched anti-ship and land attack missile system. The Russian Defence Ministry released a video of a Su-34 hitting a ship with a KH-35U anti-ship missile, quickly destroying it in a massive explosion and causing a tizzy of internet activity. Speaking to Izvestia, Tactical Missiles Corporation chief designer Nikolai Vasilyev explained what makes the Kh-35 one of the best missiles in the world. After all, the T-14 Armata and PAK FA (which became the Su-57) programs haven't lived up to the hype.But the KH-35U is a fielded weapon. We, too, are a shared community resource — a place to share skills, knowledge and interests through ongoing conversation.These are not hard and fast rules, merely guidelines to aid the human judgment of our community and keep this a clean and well-lighted place for civilized public discourse.Help us make this a great place for discussion by always working to improve the discussion in some way, however small. Assuming the defender’s radar is mounted at a height of 20 meters, Brahmos will be detected at a The U.S. Navy needs a new anti-ship missile. For starters, their anti-ship missiles couldn't quite cut it. This will allow individual ships to carry many more anti-ship missiles than ever before, although this will impact the number of other missiles, such as the SM-6 surface-to-air missile and ASROC anti-submarine rockets, in the ship’s overall inventory.An anti-ship missile used by the Russian Navy, Club is actually a family of weapons sharing the same airframe. It was designed to pierce horizontally through the bulkheads and compartments prior to exploding inside the ship. Like Brahmos, XASM-3 will use speed to limit the enemy’s reaction and engagement time. Stealthy, supersonic and autonomous, these missiles are adept at evading defenses and hunting individual ships. Club has been exported to Algeria, China, and India.There are four versions. Now, there are few orders for either platform, even from within Russia, as the capabilities ended up being low and the costs high.But these are Russian defense claims about a Russian weapon, so it's prudent to take them with a grain of salt. These missiles didn't quite have the range or warhead of the AS-4 or AS-6, designed specifically to kill American carriers, but there were a The Soviets realized they were getting left behind in the anti-ship missile department, and that put them at a huge disadvantage. The missile’s speed of Mach 2.8 translates to 952 meters per second. The missile weighs 1,900 pounds, with warhead size currently unknown. Russia has also developed an extended-range version that can go up to 180 miles. Let’s look at some of the more interesting ASMs, both deployed and in development.Named after the Brahmaputra and Moscow Rivers, the Brahmos anti-ship missile is a joint Indian-Russian program. Club-S is designed to be launched from 533mm torpedo tubes, a standard diameter for submarines worldwide. In the 1980s, the Soviet Union had a few problems. But remember to Instead, provide reasoned counter-arguments that improve the conversation. It costs around $500 000 per missile. Instead of achieving high Mach numbers to make the missile more survivable against air defense threats, the subsonic LRASM uses stealth and autonomous decision-making to evade shipboard defenses. And what's worse is that the Russians may have already sold the missile to at least one other country. (Listed by official Soviet/Russian name, followed by GRAU designation and NATO reporting name in parentheses.) It’s surely a coincidence that the missile’s range is the maximum allowable for cruise missiles under the Missile Technology Control Regime. LRASM is a variant of the U.S. Air Force’s JASSM-ER cruise missile and shares many of its design features. Be respectful of the topics and the people discussing them, even if you disagree with some of what is being said.You may wish to respond to something by disagreeing with it. The missile is designed to be stealthy. Zircon travels at Mach 9, giving defenders little time to react. While the video is fun to watch, the threat of the KH-35 is massively overstated, as the U.S. has the reach and punching power to completely negate it. If you are not sure your post adds to the conversation, think over what you want to say and try again later.The topics discussed here matter to us, and we want you to act as if they matter to you, too. It’s the missiles, not the patrol boats, that Russia should worry about. Quickly, many countries found that a quad-pack of SS-N-25s could replace a single SS-N-2 launcher. This Russian anti-ship missile is a relatively inexpensive weapon. The KH-35U carries an over-1,000-pound warhead and is reportedly capable of destroying vessels of up to 5,000 tons.The Russians test fired eight missiles during the exercise, according to the Russian Defence Ministry, and all eight hit their targets.The missile video is impressive and fun to watch, but it's left many U.S. observers worrying. The Russian Defence Ministry released a video of a Su-34 hitting a ship with a KH-35U anti-ship missile, quickly destroying it in a massive explosion and causing a tizzy of internet activity. Developed through the 1990s and early 2000s, Brahmos is one of the few anti-ship missiles built during this time.
While the video is fun to watch, the threat of the KH-35 is massively overstated, as the U.S. has the reach and punching power to completely negate it.The video shows a Su-34 being prepared for takeoff, then jumps to ships being struck by a missile before cutting again to a Su-34 landing.