Dnipro (surface-to-air missile)

Dnipro
TypeSurface-to-air missile
Place of originUkraine
Service history
In serviceIn testing
Used byUkrainian Navy
Production history
DesignerUkroboronservice
Designed2014
ManufacturerLuch Design Bureau
Produced2016-present
VariantsShip-platform variant
Land-platform variant

Dnipro is Ukrainian prospective surface-to-air missile of middle range. It was supposed to be mounted on Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvettes.

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

  • 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

Medium range SAM "Dnipro" is a product of joint venture of Ukrainian defense enterprises:

See also

References

  1. ^ Цензор.НЕТ. "Пуски керованих ракет середньої дальності на півдні України. ВIДЕО (оновлено)". Цензор.НЕТ (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2017-04-12.