Dnipro is Ukrainian prospective surface-to-air missile of middle range. It was supposed to be mounted on Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvettes.
| Dnipro | |
|---|---|
| Type | Surface-to-air missile |
| Place of origin | Ukraine |
| Service history | |
| In service | In testing |
| Used by | Ukrainian Navy |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Ukroboronservice |
| Designed | 2014 |
| Manufacturer | Luch Design Bureau |
| Produced | 2016-present |
| Variants | Ship-platform variant Land-platform variant |
The designer, Ukroboronservice, also developed the land-platform variant for this missiles.
On December 1, 2016, a message about successful launches of cruise missiles Neptune and anti-aircraft missiles Dnipro at a training range in the southern of Ukraine was posted.[1]
Tactical and technical characteristics
edit- The maximum detection range of a target type of a tactical fighter:
- at an altitude of 7 km - not less than 150 km;
- at an altitude of 0,15 km - not less than 50 km;
- at an altitude of 0.02 km - not less than 28 km;
- Range of steady escort of tactical fighter - 120 km;
- Minimum height of target damage is 0.015 km;
- Maximum defeat height of the target is 25 km;
- Time of preparation (inclusion) of the complex for combat work - no more than 4 minutes.
Producers
editMedium range SAM "Dnipro" is a product of joint venture of Ukrainian defense enterprises:
- Iskra SPC (multipurpose radar missile launching station) — Zaporizhia;
- SPP Aerotehnics-MLT (the station of combat control) — Kyiv;
- Luch Design Bureau (rockets) — Kyiv;
- DP LINDRTI (GSN developer) — Lviv;
- KrAZ (chassis) — Kremenchuk.
- Ukroboronservice (General project management)
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Цензор.НЕТ. "Пуски керованих ракет середньої дальності на півдні України. ВIДЕО (оновлено)". Цензор.НЕТ (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2017-04-12.
Links
edit- "ЗРК "Дніпро" - новий комплекс для ППО". defence-ua.com. Defense Express. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- "Future Arsenal: SAM Dnipro". uprom.info. National Industrial Portal. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
- "Ukraine will develop new surface-to-air missile system". quwa.org. 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- "Ukraine To Develop New Air Defense Missile System". www.defenseworld.net. 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
- "Ukraine completing development of its mobile Dnipro SAM launcher system". defence-ua.com. Defense Express. 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2018-02-07.