Coastal missile system "Bastion" can receive anti-ship missiles "Zircon"

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Launch of the Zircon rocket from the frigate Admiral Gorshkov, July 2021

In the near future, the armament of the Russian naval fleet the promising hypersonic anti-ship missile 3M22 "Zircon" will arrive. First bearers of this weapons there will be warships and submarines of several projects, and in the future it may be placed on coastal complexes. A hypothetical modernized version of the 3K55 Bastion complex is now being considered as a potential carrier of the Zircons.

From ship to shore


It became known about the availability of fundamental possibilities for placing 3M22 missiles on a land platform a few years ago, almost simultaneously with the start of tests. In the future, this potential of "Zircon" was repeatedly mentioned in the press and even confirmed by officials. However, no details were provided.



On December 1, Gazeta.ru disclosed a possible way to create a coastal modification of the Zircon. An unnamed source in the defense industry said that the new missile could enter the ammunition load of the upgraded 3K55 Bastion coastal missile system.


Complex "Bastion" on the island. Matua (Kuril Islands), December 2021

As a standard ammunition, this complex uses the Onyx serial anti-ship missile system, previously developed for use by ships and submarines. A similar approach to the creation and deployment of missile weapons can now be used in the further development of the Zircon.

The Gazeta.ru source mentions only the very possibility of modernizing the existing Bastion. The attitude of the Ministry of Defense to such a proposal, the timing of its implementation and possible results of a tactical and technical kind are not specified. Perhaps some new information on this matter will appear later from other sources.

From ready-made components


The available information about the Bastion complex and the Zircon rocket allows us to imagine what the combination of these two products will be. First of all, it should be noted that such a project will allow using the maximum number of ready-made tools and components. A radical alteration of "Bastion" for anti-ship missiles 3M22 is not required, which will give certain advantages and create a big reserve for the future.


3K55 "Bastion" is a complex of means on self-propelled chassis of different types. The missile division equipped with such a complex includes several launchers with Onyx missiles, transport-loading vehicles according to the number of launchers, as well as combat control vehicles and a combat watch support vehicle. If necessary, the complex can receive additional radar equipment. Both independent combat work and the use of coastal forces and the fleet as part of the control loops are provided.

In the basic version "Bastion" is armed with anti-ship missiles 3M55 "Onyx". This product is supplied in a so-called. transport and launch nozzle - a cylindrical container 8,9 m long and 720 mm in diameter. The mass of the TPN with the rocket is 3,9 tons. Each launcher carries two TPNs on lifting devices. Before launch, the missiles are transferred to a vertical position.

Placing Zircon missiles on Bastion launchers shouldn't be a problem. The 3M55 and 3M22 anti-ship missiles were developed for use with the 3S14 universal shipborne firing system, as a result of which they have the same dimensions and are equipped with unified TPS. Accordingly, in terms of size, weight, location of connectors, etc. Zircon should not be different from Onyx.


At the same time, it is necessary to modernize the hardware and software part of the complex, which is responsible for searching for targets, preparing for launch, developing a flight task, launching, etc. The launcher and command post equipment must be able to work with a new missile with special tactical and technical characteristics. It can be assumed that such a modernization of "Bastion" will not be associated with serious difficulties.

Estimated Benefits


The concept of modernizing the 3K55 Bastion coastal missile system to accommodate promising 3M22 Zircon anti-ship missiles has a number of noticeable advantages. The main thing is connected with the absence of the need to develop a completely new complex. In addition, in such a project, the available serial components will be used as widely as possible. In fact, only individual elements of control systems will have to be developed from scratch.


All this will simplify and speed up the design work, as well as shorten the duration of subsequent tests. Based on the results of fairly quick checks, the upgraded Bastion can be put into production. At the same time, it becomes possible to build complexes from scratch or to modernize equipment already available in the troops. The last option is of great interest, since the Russian coastal forces already have a large number of missile systems.

Maintaining the existing platforms and chassis will provide clear technical and operational benefits. The mobility and maneuverability of "Bastion" will remain at the same level and will provide both transport on roads and access to positions on the ground. At the same time, there is no need to revise the organization of services, change the supply system, etc.

The integration of the second missile will significantly improve the combat characteristics of the Bastion, as well as increase the flexibility of its use. The battalion's ammunition capacity can be composed of Onyx and Zircon missiles, the number and proportion of which will depend on the expected threats and fire missions.


According to known data, the 3M55 rocket develops a speed of up to 2,6 M and has a range of up to 600 km. The newer 3M22 accelerates to 6-8 M and flies at least 450 km, and the flight to the maximum range takes only a few minutes. In different conditions, two missiles can show advantages over each other, and the use of a product corresponding to a specific surface target in the current situation will dramatically increase the effectiveness of the upgraded Bastion.

It is curious that the modernization of the 3K55 complex with the introduction of a new hypersonic anti-ship missile system can create an important reserve for the future. If the possibility of integrating a new ammunition is confirmed by practice, other projects of this kind should be expected. So, "Onyx" and "Zircon" can be supplemented with cruise missiles of the "Caliber" family. This is quite possible from a technical point of view, and recently no international agreements have interfered with such a project. In the future, the emergence of new missiles, compatible with "Bastion" and 3S14, is also possible.

Weapons of the future


Not so long ago, the Zircon anti-ship missile passed the necessary tests, and in August this year, the Ministry of Defense issued NPO Mashinostroyenia the first order for its serial production. In the near future, the latest hypersonic anti-ship missiles will enter the arsenals of the navy, and then will be included in the ammunition load of ships and submarines of various projects, dramatically increasing their combat capabilities.


The latest developments in the Zircon project are a great success and cause for pride, but the military and industry are not going to stop there. Work on the development of the rocket and complexes with its use will continue. One of the main ways of such development could be the transfer of a ship / submarine anti-ship missile system to a land platform, and in this context there are already interesting and promising proposals.

It is likely that the Ministry of Defense will agree with the proposed ideas and order the development of a modernized Bastion complex, compatible with several types of missiles. In this case, in the medium term, our coastal forces will face a large and important rearmament, and the protection of the sea lines will improve. A potential enemy will have to take into account the presence of hypersonic "Zircons" not only on ships and submarines in the open sea, but also on the shore.
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  1. -1
    3 December 2021 06: 52
    From ship to shore

    If they also made a rocket at the "Ball" GZ, it would be generally wonderful.
    1. +8
      3 December 2021 09: 06
      Quote: Polite Elk
      If they also made a rocket at the "Ball" GZ, it would be generally wonderful

      What for? Will it be "Ball" then? (If you found a man's "dignity" in your grandmother, then you confused grandmother with grandfather! belay This is what it means to rarely visit relatives! request )
      1. +6
        3 December 2021 10: 53
        Quote: Nikolaevich I
        But why?

        GZ missiles instead of the Kh-35 in the "Bala" launcher will significantly lower the choreography of potential "dancers" in our territorial waters, for whom this "Ball" was started. Personally, I think so. hi
        And I do not mind if our neighbors (those who deny traditional family values), instead of the kind "Grandmother" in the person of the subsonic X-35, stumble upon the unkind "Grandfather" with dignity of 8 MAX.
        1. +2
          3 December 2021 12: 47
          Quote: Polite Elk
          instead of the kind "Grandmother" in the person of the subsonic X-35, they will stumble upon the unkind "Grandfather" with a dignity of 8 MAXs.

          I admit I was wrong! If the Bal coastal complex is used to camouflage the Zircon anti-ship missile system, then what a surprise it will be for the militant and armed supporters of the LGBT! I can imagine: yet another enemy destroyer is pinned in the Black Sea. And the captain is informed that "Ball" is waiting for him on the shore, and it's time to turn around! Well, the captain replies with a grin: You’ll fall for the "Ball"! I still have time to have a cup of coffee and bourbon and smoke a cigar on board my fast ship! And only by washing his underpants in the Black Sea water right on his bottom, the captain will understand how wrong he was! PS But will the Zircon fit into the container for the X-35? I don’t remember the size!
          1. +2
            3 December 2021 12: 52
            Quote: Nikolaevich I
            If the Bal coastal complex is used to camouflage the Zircon anti-ship missile system,

            I think that "Zircon" will not fit into the PU "Bala". Otherwise, the article would be called "From the ship to the Ball".
            Quote: Nikolaevich I
            for militant and armed LGBT supporters

            This, as I understand it, did you mean "Real fighting uh ... hawks"?
            1. +2
              3 December 2021 16: 35
              Bal has its own advantage - the price.
              Zircon, this is for the best ships.
              And the Ball is needed for everything else. bully
              1. -1
                3 December 2021 17: 24
                Quote: Alex777
                Bal has its own advantage - the price.
                Zircon, this is for the best ships.
                And the Ball is needed for everything else.

                Compromise - 2 different missiles for one DBK
                1. 0
                  3 December 2021 17: 27
                  For Bastion, this approach is possible (Onyx + Zircon).
                  And the Ball with its 500+ km range is the perfect weapon in its class. It is not necessary to combine it with anything. hi
                  1. +1
                    3 December 2021 19: 13
                    Quote: Alex777
                    It is not necessary to combine it with anything.

                    Absolutely agree. Neither Onyx nor Zircon will get into the Ball. Impossible to cram something unpushable. He just expressed a wish that the GZ missile be developed for the Ball.
                    1. +2
                      3 December 2021 20: 11
                      Uranus, a very compact rocket.
                      In its size, GZ is very expensive. hi
                      Uranium must be massive RK.
            2. 0
              3 December 2021 19: 52
              Quote: Polite Elk
              Did you mean "Real fighting uh ... hawks"?

              What baboons are hawks! No.


              These baboons are completely loose!
    2. 0
      4 February 2022 16: 14
      missiles will have excess cost, if they bring the range to 500 km, then the Ball itself will become a very dangerous weapon
  2. +2
    3 December 2021 08: 07
    Well done. The unification of weapons provides a good prospect for modernization and rearmament for all branches of the armed forces, reduces subsequent costs and facilitates the adoption of an appropriate decision.
  3. +5
    3 December 2021 08: 09
    We need a lot of zircons and unification is very good
  4. +2
    3 December 2021 08: 38
    Until now, indistinct characteristics of the launch range of Onyx. It was always called up to 500 km. Now up to 600 km have already flashed here ... and I read about the real range of up to 700-800 km. So which one is real ... and not officially named in the press?
    1. 0
      3 December 2021 09: 41
      Quote: Skipper
      Always called up to 500 km

      Well, I don’t remember that! Usually numbers "about 300 km" ("Yakhont") or "over 300 km" ("Onyx") "figured" ... But about the new modification of "Onyx" ... yes, there were 600 km, and 800 km ... There were also such data: "Yakhont" -300 km; "Onyx" - 600 km; the modernized Onyx-M -800 km .... There are also reports that Onyx was "shot" at 400 km during the exercise ... If we take this number as the initial value, then an increase to 600 km will be more realistic, because a significant increase in the range is often not easy and not easy! It is worth not forgetting that ramjet engines are distinguished by their excellent "appetite"!
    2. +1
      3 December 2021 10: 08
      If we look at the characteristics of our anti-ship missiles, then note that ALL have a range of up to 500 km. I believe that this is a fundamental decision made by the leadership of reinsurance from the treaty to limit the INF Treaty. For our partners could always declare that the anti-ship missile is a cruise missile with a specific warhead. Is the treaty dead? Great, we show everything we are capable of :)
    3. +1
      3 December 2021 13: 00
      Quote: Skipper
      So which one is real ... and not officially named in the press?

      The answer will be in the style of a Georgian school math problem: how much is 2x2?
      - Somewhere, it’s eight, but it’s twelve!
      1. +1
        3 December 2021 15: 13
        Quote: Polite Elk
        The answer will be in the style of a Georgian school math problem: how much is 2x2?
        - Somewhere, it’s eight, but it’s twelve!

        So the range there strongly depends on the flight profile. At high altitude, and only the striking section at low level, or whatever ...
        1. +1
          3 December 2021 17: 56
          Quote: Mountain Shooter
          So the range there strongly depends on the flight profile. At high altitude, and only the striking section at low level, or whatever ...

          Onyx has no artificial range limits.
          But from the trajectory (low-altitude, high-altitude, combined)
          there is dependence. Low-altitude ~ 200 km, high-altitude - 800 km. hi
    4. 0
      3 December 2021 23: 21
      Why should the coastal complex shoot for a million kilometers?
      Coastal missile systems must cover territorial waters and the exclusive economic zone. You are not going to shoot on neutral waters for nothing?
      Here's 212 miles - quite normal. Plus or minus. 400 km behind the eyes. The main thing is to shoot quickly and efficiently. In this respect, yes. The combination of Onyx and Zircon will give the separation of the defense with a minimum time-to-shoot across the entire width. And this is a plus.
      1. +1
        4 February 2022 16: 17
        Well, at the topvarchik there was an idea to develop anti-ship missiles based on the x-101, an inconspicuous, ultra-long-range missile. There is also an idea to make anti-ship missiles based on the subsonic Caliber - there the range will be in the region of 2 km. I think the main point is a political decision, in other words, they are waiting for a go-ahead from the Kremlin and within a couple of years the first divisions will be received
        1. +1
          4 February 2022 18: 34
          I did not think that someone would continue the discussion of a month ago. fellow Thank you for your participation. hi But someone to you, it is not clear why, has already put a minus. And personally, the idea of ​​​​anti-ship missiles based on "Caliber" seems to me quite viable.
          1. 0
            4 February 2022 21: 00
            yes, I saw the current news, and my fans fell in love with the minus, there are a couple of especially gifted people here who regularly spend time to minus my comments ... apparently the Internet has been held in the foolhouse)
        2. 0
          5 February 2022 14: 12
          The longer the PKR is in flight, the more likely it is to detect / shoot down and the more difficult it is to correct it. RCC in 2000 km - well, zhezh stupidity. Where should she shoot? And, most importantly, what to direct?
          At a range of 5 thousand km, the target is not something that will come out of the firing sector, it will have time to complete a round-the-world trip. Not. It is unpromising, costly and inefficient. Here is hypersound within 500 km, yes. Topic. This, again, is for coastal installations. At sea and 300 km is enough for anti-ship missiles.
          1. 0
            5 February 2022 16: 58
            here you need to start from the tactics of application - the flight of calibers should be at an altitude of 50-100 meters, which will allow them to be detected only at a distance of less than 60 km, provided that there is an AUG, well, you need to do it based on a la UAV, i.e. I wouldn’t even do it on the Caliber base, but on the x-101 base, which will allow me to get a longer flight range, and you need to use them only when an enemy’s KUG is detected during a combined attack.

            About 300 km, the question is for which ship, we consider enemy aircraft carriers to be the main goal, and there you can’t let down KUG for 300 km
            1. 0
              6 February 2022 07: 06
              About 300 km, the question is for which ship, we consider enemy aircraft carriers to be the main goal, and there you can’t let down KUG for 300 km

              Here, I declare with all responsibility - easily))) xD)
              1. -1
                6 February 2022 10: 15
                well, it means that all AWACS aircraft should be shot down, the submarines should be sunk, and the radars should go blind so that the AUG does not see the KUG for 300 km
  5. -2
    3 December 2021 10: 19
    May or may not receive
  6. +1
    3 December 2021 10: 38
    Just adding Zircon to Bastion's ammunition load is IMHO the most obvious solution. There is no need to change the launching and transport-loading vehicles, the MSA should be slightly altered, and that's it. Moreover, for the ships has already been done, nothing new needs to be invented.
    Another thing is that in our reality the simplest is not the most probable.
    The developer will not earn much on such modernization; it may be more profitable for him to "reinvent the wheel" from scratch.
  7. +1
    3 December 2021 12: 31
    Quote: Nikolaevich I
    Quote: Skipper
    Always called up to 500 km

    Well, I don’t remember that! Usually numbers "about 300 km" ("Yakhont") or "over 300 km" ("Onyx") "figured" ... But about the new modification of "Onyx" ... yes, there were 600 km, and 800 km ... There were also such data: "Yakhont" -300 km; "Onyx" - 600 km; the modernized Onyx-M -800 km .... There are also reports that Onyx was "shot" at 400 km during the exercise ... If we take this number as the initial value, then an increase to 600 km will be more realistic, because a significant increase in the range is often not easy and not easy! It is worth not forgetting that ramjet engines are distinguished by their excellent "appetite"!

    Yakhont (300 km) is an export stripped-down castrated version for the Indians. Onyx for the RF Armed Forces was originally up to 500 km ... but this is official for NATO ... but in fact, somewhere around 700-800 km
  8. +2
    3 December 2021 12: 41
    IMHO, "Zircon" will go to the DBK in the last place. First, they will be installed on NK and submarines, which have wider tactical capabilities. And for the "coast" so far there will be enough "Onyxes"
    1. -1
      14 December 2021 11: 57
      nothing prevents you from holding events in parallel ..
  9. 0
    3 December 2021 13: 31
    And yet I don’t understand We are already mass-producing Zircons, they threaten the adversary, they are not very afraid of something To track the Zircon launches like two fingers, but I have not seen any information anywhere We have been making an engine for the SU-57 for 10 years, but here it is hyper And notice , all the information comes from that uncle who promised us a lot
    1. -3
      3 December 2021 19: 41
      A hypersonic disposable ramjet engine is much easier to design and manufacture than a reusable 1500-hour and more variable-thrust afterburner turbojet engine.
  10. +2
    3 December 2021 13: 57
    In general, it is not entirely clear to me: if the cell on the ship is universal - Onyx-Caliber-Zircon, then why is it not so on the coastal complex?
    1. 0
      4 February 2022 16: 18
      there was no go-ahead) as there will be a go-ahead they will make it universal
  11. +2
    3 December 2021 14: 26
    Explain to me, gentlemen who know, how missiles of practically the same size have such different characteristics? Those. with a comparable range, the speed differs by 2,5 times. And both are in production. You know, I have not yet forgotten the physics course and I remember that resistance grows like a cube of speed. So where do the "fireballs" come from?
    1. -6
      3 December 2021 19: 48
      In new materials, engines, new, more energetic fuel and additional systems that reduce drag on hypersonic flight - just a new rocket in the dimensions of the old one to simplify the cost and speed up the introduction of it in the fleet. Onyx Yakhont was developed back in the late 80s, of course, for 30 years already a decent period.
    2. +2
      4 December 2021 06: 39
      Uv. Oleg (KSVK), sorry for the delicate question: what school did you go to?
      For example, I was taught in the Soviet high school. And the drag formula was presented as the product of the air density, multiplied by the square of the speed, divided by two, and then all this is still multiplied by the area of ​​the midsection of the body and by its specific coefficient, depending on the shape of this frontal part.
      drinks
  12. +2
    3 December 2021 21: 47
    Quote: Vadim237
    In new materials


    Sorry, but I was educated in the USSR, and I remember physics. New materials will help reduce weight. This will help you pick up speed faster. But the speed will not be affected. There are other variables. And let me remind you that the best ballistic coefficient (the ability to maintain speed) has a bullet with a large mass.

    Quote: Vadim237

    engines with new, more energy-efficient fuel


    Have you ever wondered why they won't come up with more powerful explosives? There is a limit to the rate of a chemical reaction. And it is practically achieved. I have not heard of Zircons' nuclear engines. If you have information, would you like to share it?

    Quote: Vadim237

    and additional systems to reduce drag on hypersonic flight


    On hypersound, "frontal resistance" does not play any role. At these speeds, aerodynamics does not work.

    Quote: Vadim237

    - just a new rocket in the size of the old one to make it easier to reduce the cost and in one step to accelerate the introduction of it into the fleet. Onyx Yakhont was developed back in the late 80s, of course, for 30 years already a decent period.


    We are still "eating up" the legacy of the USSR. There is practically nothing new. Just analyze. It's simple.
  13. 0
    20 January 2022 12: 14
    It was my idea ........ If you pay attention to the Code of Criminal Procedure for ships, then the KR Caliber should fit there
  14. 0
    11 February 2022 09: 14
    A hypothetical modernized version of the 3K55 Bastion complex is now being considered as a potential carrier of Zircons.

    This is where you should have started!
    First, transfer all the Bastions to Zircon, and then the nuclear submarines and surface ships.

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