Neptune Missile:
During a joint operation of the Security Service of Ukraine (SBU) and the Ukrainian Navy, an ammunition storage depot in the Rostov region, Russia, was hit using the Neptune missile recently.
- An R-360 Neptune is a Ukrainian-developed subsonic cruise missile initially designed as an anti-ship missile and later modified for land attacks.
- The design of this missile is based on a Russian Kh-35 cruise missile which goes by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) name of AS-20 Kayak.
- The system entered service with the Ukrainian Navy in March 2021.
- The missile weighs 870 kg and is 5.05 meters long.
- The missile travels at speeds of up to 900 km/h and can fly at altitudes ranging from 10 to 300 meters, dropping to just three meters during its final approach to avoid enemy air defenses.
- It has a maximum range of 400 km and a combat weight of 350 kilograms (150 kg in the anti-ship version).
- A satellite positioning system was installed to guide the missile during the flight’s marching phase.
- In the final part of the flight, the missile is guided by an infrared homing system.
