P-500 Bazalt / P-1000 Vulkan (NATO reporting name: SS-N-12 'Sandbox') | |
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Type | Cruise missile Surface-to-surface missile Submarine-launched cruise missile |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | Since 1975 |
Used by | Soviet Union, Russia |
Production history | |
Designer | OKB-52/NPO Mashinostroyeniya Chelomey |
Designed | 1963-1974 |
Manufacturer | P.A. Strela |
Produced | 1970–1987 (P-500) 1985–1992 (P-1000)[1] |
Specifications | |
Mass | 4,800 kg (10,600 lb) |
Length | 11.7 meters |
Diameter | 0.88 meters |
Wingspan | 2.6 meters |
Warhead | High explosive or nuclear |
Warhead weight | 1,000 kg (2,205 lb) (P-500) |
Blast yield | 350 kt |
Engine | turbojet |
Operational range | 550 km (300 nmi) (P-500) |
Flight altitude | 50–5,000 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.