Kalibr (missile family)

Kalibr
An export variant of the missile (mockup)
TypeCruise missile
Anti-ship missile
Anti-submarine missile
Submarine-launched cruise missile
Air-launched cruise missile
Land-attack missile
Surface-to-surface missile
Place of originRussia
Service history
In service1994
Used bySee Operators
WarsSyrian Civil War
Russo-Ukrainian War
Production history
ManufacturerNovator Design Bureau, KTRV, MKB Fakel, NPO Mash, Raduga, NPO Zvezda Strela (Orenburg)
Unit cost$980,000 (domestic cost, land-attack version)
$6.5 million (export cost, anti-ship version)[1]
Produced1994–present
Specifications
MassVaries on variant, from 1,300 kg-1,780 kg-2,300 kg
LengthVaries on variant, from 6.2 m to 8.9 m
Diameter0.533 m
Warhead400–500 kg HE or thermonuclear[2][3][4]

EngineMulti-stage solid-fuel rocket, turbojet engine for 3M-54/E/TE/E1/TE1, -14/E/TE, solid fuel rocket for 91RE1/RTE2
Operational
range
91RE1: 50 km

3M-54E (export anti-ship version): 220 km
3M-54E1/3M-14E (export anti-ship version): 300 km
3M-54/3M-54T: 660 km (domestic anti-ship version, estimate)

3M-14/3M-14T: 1,500–2,500 km (domestic land-attack version, estimate)
Flight ceiling1,000 m
Flight altitude50–150 m AGL
20 m over water[2]
Maximum speed 0.8–2.5–3.0 Mach
Guidance
system
Inertial guidance plus terminal active radar homing, by satellites[citation needed], DSMAC
Accuracy2-3 m (domestic version, with GLONASS)
50 m CEP (Club-T export version, without GLONASS) [5]
Launch
platform
naval ships, submarines, containers, airplanes, TEL

The Novator Kalibr (Калибр, caliber), also referred to as 3M54-1 Kalibr, 3M14 Biryuza (Бирюза, turquoise), (NATO reporting name SS-N-27 Sizzler and SS-N-30A) is a family of Russian cruise missiles developed by NPO Novator (OKB-8). It first saw service in 1994. There are ship-launched, submarine-launched and air-launched versions of the missile, and variants for anti-ship, anti-submarine and land attack use. Some versions have a second propulsion stage that initiates a supersonic sprint in the terminal approach to the target, reducing the time that air defense systems have to react, while subsonic versions have greater range than the supersonic variants. The missile can carry a warhead weighing up to 500 kilograms (1,100 lb) of explosive or a thermonuclear warhead.

  1. ^ Russia's Futuristic Military Plagued by Old Problems
  2. ^ a b Game changer: Russian sub-launched cruise missiles bring strategic effect. Jane's Information Group.
  3. ^ "صواريخ روسية غيرت مفهوم المعركة وأخافت العالم" [Russian missiles changed the concept of the battle frightened the world]. YouTube (in Arabic). Archived from the original on 2021-12-15.
  4. ^ "ЦАМТО / Новости / Сводка боевых действий ВКС России в Сирии за 8 декабря". armstrade.org. Retrieved Feb 18, 2019.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference Janes_Club_T was invoked but never defined (see the help page).