The KSShch (; Black Sea Navy tr.:Korabelny snaryad Shchuka (KSShch); ) was a Soviet anti-ship cruise missile design that carried a nuclear warhead. Its GRAU designation is 4K32. It was sometimes referred to as P-1 Strela (П-1 «Стрела», "Arrow"). It was used in the 1950s and 1960s. The missile's NATO reporting name was SS-N-1 Scrubber. It was tested in 1953–1954 on the destroyer Bedovyy (Kildin class) and entered service in 1955, being deployed on Kildin and Krupnyy (later converted to Kanin)-class ships. It was fired from a heavy rail launcher SM-59, with an armoured hangar. As those ships were retrofitted and modernized between 1966 and 1977, the missiles were removed (in favor of the SS-N-2 on the Kildin class and an anti-aircraft/anti-submarine weapons suite on the Kanin class).
Specifications Total length: 7.6 m (25 ft) Diameter: 900 mm (3 ft) Wingspan: 4.6 m (15 ft) Weight: 3,100 kg (6830 lb) Warhead: nuclear warhead or High Explosive Propulsion: liquid-fuel rocket Range: Guidance: inertial guidance Contractor: NPO Mashinostroenia Entered service: 1955
Operators
The Soviet Navy employed the KSShch on Kildin and Kanin-class ships and tested aboard the Project 68ER cruiser . The missile was withdrawn by 1977.
See also
P-20 Sokol
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