Kalibr Missile:
The Russian Black Sea Fleet (BSF) recently attacked Ukrainian infrastructure, using its sea-launched Kalibr cruise missiles.
- Kalibr Missile is a family of Russian cruise missiles that can be launched from ships, submarines, containers, airplanes, or transport erector launchers.
- It has variants designed for anti-ship, anti-submarine and land attack purposes.
- They were developed and produced by Russia’s Almaz-Antey corporation.
- Depending on the variant, the Kalibr missile varies in mass and length, ranging from 1,300 kg to 2,300 kg and from 6.2 m to 8.9 m, respectively.
- It has a diameter of 0.533 m and can carry a warhead weighing between 400-500 kg of high explosive or thermonuclear material.
- The missile utilizes a multi-stage solid-fuel rocket engine, with some versions incorporating a turbojet engine or a solid-fuel rocket.
- These missiles use inertial guidance with satellite navigation update.
- They can accelerate in the terminal stage to supersonic speed to avoid enemy defenses.
- It varies between 200 km and 2500 km, depending on the type.
