The 3S-14 missile launcher (Russian: 3С14), also known as UKSK (Russian: Универсальный Корабельный Стрельбовый Комплекс, romanized: Universal'nyy Korabel'nyy Strel'bovyy Kompleks, lit. 'Universal Shipborne Launching Complex'), is a vertical launching system in service with Russian Navy.
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The system exists in container and container-less variants that differ in requirements to the ship its installed to.[1] Deck-mounted angled 3S-14PE version is proposed on export.
It may launch following types of missiles:
- Kalibr missiles - SS-N-30 cruise missile, SS-N-27 anti-ship missile[2]
- Tsirkon cruise missiles[3]
- P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles
- Novator 91R anti-submarine missile[4]
Some sources report potential use of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) in UKSK-M.[5]
The system is installed on:
- Gepard-class frigate,[6][7]
- project 22350 class Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate,[8]
- project 11356 Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate[6][8]
- modernized Udaloy-class destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov
- modernized Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov[9]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Универсальные пусковые установки серии 3С-14" [Universal launchers 3S-14 series]. Ракетная техника (in Russian). Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "3M14 / Klub-A / Caliber-NK". Globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 25 May 2024.[unreliable source?]
- ^ "Russian Admiral Gorshkov Frigate Test-Fires Tsirkon Missile". Naval News. 30 May 2022. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ "Anti-submarine missile system "Answer". Recent successes and new opportunities". Military Review. 17 December 2021.
- ^ "Очередная загадка флота – как УКСК-М значительно усилит ВМФ" [Another mystery of the fleet is how UKSK-M will significantly strengthen the Navy.]. Cтатьи (in Russian). 8 July 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2024.
- ^ a b "Sea power and cruise missiles. As the fleet use the "Gauges"?". weaponews.com. 2020-04-15.
- ^ "Sea power and cruise missiles. How does the fleet use Caliber?". Military Review. 15 April 2020.
- ^ a b "Why Russia was forced to make a choice in favor of Project 11356 URO frigates". topcor.ru. Reporter. March 12, 2021.
- ^ "Heavy Nuclear-powered Missile Cruiser". russianships.info. Retrieved 25 May 2024.