P-500 Bazalt

P-500 Bazalt / P-1000 Vulkan
(NATO reporting name: SS-N-12 'Sandbox')
P-500 Bazalt
TypeCruise missile
Surface-to-surface missile
Submarine-launched cruise missile
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In serviceSince 1975
Used bySoviet Union, Russia
Production history
DesignerOKB-52/NPO Mashinostroyeniya Chelomey
Designed1963-1974
ManufacturerP.A. Strela
Produced1970–1987 (P-500) 1985–1992 (P-1000)[1]
Specifications
Mass4,800 kg (10,600 lb)
Length11.7 meters
Diameter0.88 meters
Wingspan2.6 meters
WarheadHigh explosive or nuclear
Warhead weight1,000 kg (2,205 lb) (P-500)
Blast yield350 kt

Engineturbojet
Operational
range
550 km (300 nmi) (P-500)
Flight altitude50–5,000 meters
Maximum speed Mach 3+ (P-1000 Vulkan)
Guidance
system
Semi-active radar homing, terminal active radar homing
Launch
platform
Echo II & Juliett-class submarines
Kiev-class aircraft carrier & Slava-class cruiser

The P-500 Bazalt (Russian: П-500 «Базальт»; English: basalt) is a turbojet-powered, supersonic cruise missile used by the Soviet and Russian navies. Its GRAU designation is 4K80[2] and its NATO reporting name is SS-N-12 Sandbox, its upgraded version being the P-1000 Vulkan AShM SLCM.

  1. ^ "Продукция ПО "Стрела"". Retrieved 8 October 2015.
  2. ^ (in Russian) P-500 Bazalt Archived 27 February 2009 at the Wayback Machine