Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Ukrainian Neptune anti-ship maneuvering missile system goes into service

September 1, 2020 (Ministry of Defense of Ukraine) As reported by the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine, the head of the Ministry of Defense, Andriy Taran, signed an order to adopt the RK-360MC Neptun anti-ship maneuvering missile system into service with the Ukrainian armed forces. The first missile squadron of the Ukrainian Navy is to be re-armed with this system next year. The introduction of this system into service is to allow the reconstruction of the combat capabilities of the Ukrainian navy in the field of coastal defense, and more specifically in the fight against distant naval targets, lost as a result of the annexation of Crimea.
In 2014, the Ukrainian armed forces lost the base of the 25th Independent Missile Squadron, which was armed with the 4K51 Rubież system with P-20 and P-22 missiles with a range of approx. 40 km. After the delivery of the first squadron module, a contract for more coastal missile squadrons is expected. The aim is to strengthen the coastal defenses, but also to increase the destruction capacity of land targets that can be fought by Neptune cruise missiles. Each of them consists of six USPU-360 launchers; six TZM-360 transport and loading vehicles; six TM-360 transport vehicles and one command post of the RKP-360 squadron.
The full article is available at:
https://bulgarianmilitary.com/2020/08/30/ukrainian-neptune-anti-ship-maneuvering-missile-system-goes-into-service-video/

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