| 3S-14 Vertical Launching System | |
|---|---|
| File:3c14m.jpg A 3S-14 VLS was being loaded into Russian surface ship | |
| Type | Vertical Launching System |
| Place of origin | Russia Federation |
| Service history | |
| In service | From 1999 - Present |
| Used by | Russian Navy |
| Wars | Syrian Civil War |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Design Bureau of Special Machine Building, Morinformsystem-Agat concern |
| Designed | 1996-1999 |
| Produced | 1996-Present |
| Variants | 3S-14E [Export] - Underdeck Installation with container + 8 Missiles
3S-14UE1 [Export] - Underdeck Installation containerless + 8 Missiles 3S-14UE2 [Export] - Underdeck Installation containerless + 4 Missiles 3S-14UKE1 [Export] - Underdeck Installation with container + 8 Missiles 3S-14UKE2 [Export] - Underdeck Installation with container + 4 Missiles 3S-14KE [Export] - Underdeck Installation with container + 4 Missiles 3S-14PE [Export] - Inclined deck Installation with container + 2 Missiles [1] UKSK-M - A modernized variant of all 3S-14 systems ever existed. this variant had the ability to carry an entires family of Kalibr Missile, P-800 Onyx, and new hypersonic missiles: 3M22 Zircon, as well as BrahMos Missile |
| Specifications | |
3S-14 Universal shipborne firing system Is a Vertical Launching System(VLS), designed by N.A Trofimov and head of designer V.F Potapov. This system was manufactured by Russian Company Morinformsystem-Agat, and was developed by Design Bureau of Special Machine Building at St.Petersburg during the period of 1996-1998. This Vertical Launching system are currently being field by majority of Russian fleet as part of remodernization program for replacement of older Soviet-Built VLS which are designated to carry bigger missiles like the P-700 Granit. This Vertical Launch System was intended store and make combat use of missiles complex "Caliber-NKE" ("Club-N") [2].
This system building program was originally part of Almaz Antey Air-Defense System, this system was designed to field the existing and future Russian's Cruise Missiles, mainly the 3M-54 Kalibr, P-800 Onyx, Kalibr's Anti Submarine Version: 91RE1, and even the newest Russian Hypersonic Missile 3M22 Tsirkon. Currently this VLS system is now being fitted into the Soviet-Built Battlecruiser Kirov-Class and is expected to enter the service by 2022.[3]
Variant[]
Today the Russian army currently fields various numbers of 3S-14 VLS variants.
History[]
The development of Universal Launching System began in mid 1980s, when the Russian Company OKB "Novator" developed Launching System for the 3M-51 Alfa, with lesser size, and adding additional combat stages for Submarine Launching tube. [4]
References[]
- ↑ "Универсальный корабельный стрельбовой комплекс 3С14 "УКСК"". https://vpk.name/library/f/uksk.html.
- ↑ "Универсальные пусковые установки серии 3С-14". https://missilery.info/missile/91re/3c14.
- ↑ "Замминистра обороны Алексей Криворучко оценил ход модернизации "Адмирала Нахимова"". https://www.atomic-energy.ru/news/2020/12/18/109867.
- ↑ "Ракета 3М51 "Альфа"". http://www.airwar.ru/weapon/pkr/alpha.html.
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