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• Russia’s largest Warship named Moskva has been destroyed in the Black Sea by Ukraine’s Neptune cruise missile.

What are Neptune missiles?

• The Neptune cruise missile is a Ukrainian-manufactured mobile, anti-ship missile, fired from shore to ship.
• Weighing 870 kg and carrying a 150kg warhead, Neptune missiles are capable of destroying targets of up to 5,000 tons.
• Neptune has a range of around 300 kilometres and can carry warheads of up 150 kilograms (over 330 pounds).
• Neptune's design, which is based on the Soviet Kh-35 anti-ship missile, is designed to defeat surface warships.
• Ukraine's indigenously made Neptune cruise missile also transports vessels with a displacement of up to 5,000 tons.
• The Neptune cruise missile uses a radar-homing guidance to home in on enemy ships.
• The 16-ft long engine-powered missiles can travel at speeds of up to 900 km/h, at heights of between 9 and 30ft above surface.
• One Neptune division normally has six USPU-360 launchers capable of firing a salvo of the 24 anti-ship missiles.
• The Neptune cruise missile was first revealed in the 'Weapons and Security 2015' exhibition in Kyiv.

About Moskva

• Moskva (Moscow), originally known as Slava (glory), is the lead ship of the Slava-class guided missile cruisers, also known as Project 1164 Atlant.
• Moskva missile cruiser was built indigenously by the erstwhile Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and still in service with the Russian Navy.
• Moskva missile cruiser is reportedly armed with 16 anti-ship Vulkan cruise missiles, which have a range of at least 700 kilometres.
• It also carries anti-torpedo and mine-torpedo weapons. The cruiser is also equipped with a long-range S-300 surface-to-air missile air defence system.

https://www.financialexpress.com/defence/russian-warship-moskva-sinks-in-black-sea/2492625/

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