Family of Calibr cruise missiles. Infographics
The Caliber family of missiles was created on the basis of two projects: the strategic nuclear cruise missile 1975М1984 with the combat radius of 3 km developed during the period from 10 to 2500 with the combat radius of XNUMX km and the competition of Alpha anti-ship missiles (OCR "Turquoise" ).
Initially, only the Yakhont supersonic rocket took part in the competition OCR "Turquoise", but its development was delayed and the rocket came out expensive. At the same time, the project "3М10" had problems due to the planned Treaty on the reduction of medium and short-range missiles. And the Novator Design Bureau, on its own initiative in 1986, proposed a non-nuclear version of the KS-122 missile version of the maritime version, however, it did not accept the selection committee due to the subsonic attack speed. The work was continued, and in 1990, a finished version with a supersonic finishing accelerator appeared to overcome the enemy’s defense systems. However, the beginning of the collapse of the USSR suspended the implementation of this project.
The development of an anti-submarine complex based on the KS-122 base was also carried out in parallel to replace the bulky and outdated Vodopad and Rastrub-B complexes. The first version of the rocket in this direction was presented in 1997 year.
For the first time, the Caliber family missiles were presented at MAKS-93.
Initially, only the Yakhont supersonic rocket took part in the competition OCR "Turquoise", but its development was delayed and the rocket came out expensive. At the same time, the project "3М10" had problems due to the planned Treaty on the reduction of medium and short-range missiles. And the Novator Design Bureau, on its own initiative in 1986, proposed a non-nuclear version of the KS-122 missile version of the maritime version, however, it did not accept the selection committee due to the subsonic attack speed. The work was continued, and in 1990, a finished version with a supersonic finishing accelerator appeared to overcome the enemy’s defense systems. However, the beginning of the collapse of the USSR suspended the implementation of this project.
The development of an anti-submarine complex based on the KS-122 base was also carried out in parallel to replace the bulky and outdated Vodopad and Rastrub-B complexes. The first version of the rocket in this direction was presented in 1997 year.
For the first time, the Caliber family missiles were presented at MAKS-93.
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