18 Apr 2022 Neptune Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
Neptune Anti-Ship Cruise Missile – Today Current Affairs
- Recently Ukraine claimed that it has damaged the Russian fleet’s main ship ‘Moskva’ stationed in the Black Sea by attacking it with Neptune anti-ship cruise missiles.
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About Neptune:
- The Neptune is a coastal anti-ship cruise missile that has a range of 300 km.
- The missile system was inducted into the Ukrainian Defense Forces in March 2021 after going through six years of testing and development phases.
- The cruise missile was developed in a hurry by the military as the Russian threat to Ukraine’s coastal areas was growing rapidly since the annexation of Crimea in 2014. The Hindu Analysis
- The missile’s design is based on a Russian KH-35 cruise missile known as the AS-20 Kayak of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).
- The attack was carried out by cruise missiles using TB-2 drones by Cruiser Air Defense Systems, among other measures.
Moskva : The Hindu Analysis
- It is a guided missile cruiser of the Russian Navy named after the city of Moscow.
- A cruiser is a large surface warship built for high speed and high cruise radius, capable of defending not only its own fleet and coastline but also controlling enemy nations.
- Moskva was originally commissioned as Slava in the year 1983. The Hindu Analysis
- It was recommissioned in the year 2000 as Moskva with updated weapon systems and electronics.
- It has a transfer capacity of 12,490 tonnes.
- It is the flagship of the Black Sea Fleet of the Russian Navy and has a crew of about 500 personnel.
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