The Metel Anti-Ship Complex (Russian: противолодочный комплекс «Метель» 'Snowstorm'; NATO reporting name: SS-N-14 Silex) is a Soviet family of anti-submarine missiles.

The role changed to an anti-submarine ship powered by gas turbines and armed with the SS-N-14 missile. The main building yards were Zhdanov Yard (now known as Northern Shipyard) (Leningrad), Yantar Yard (Kaliningrad) and Kamysh Burun Yard, (Kerch, Crimea).

The Kresta II class was an anti-submarine derivative of the Kresta I-class cruiser, and were armed with a new anti-submarine missile (SS-N-14), new surface-to-air missiles (SA-N-3) and advanced sonar.

The Metel Anti-Ship Complex (Russian: противолодочный комплекс «Метель» 'Snowstorm'; NATO reporting name: SS-N-14 Silex) is a Soviet family of anti-submarine missiles. There are different anti-submarine variants ('Metel') for cruisers and frigates, and a later version with a shaped charge...

But first, let us review the ASW SS-N-14 story. The latest Soviet cruisers and destroyers—the "Kara,” “Kresta II,” and "Krivak” classes—carry a main armament consisting of a battery of large-sized missiles (eight for the cruisers and four for the destroyers), with no reloads.

Nov 7, 2011 · SS-N-14 Silex is a Russian anti-submarine weapon. It was initially and incorrectly given the SS-N-10 designation. There is also an ASuW (SSM) version where a homing head is mounted on the...

SS-N-14 Silex missile launcher aboard the 'KARA' class cruiser Kerch at Sevastopol, 8/1995. The two missiles on the left are anti-ship missiles (SSM); the two on the right are anti-submarine (ASW) missiles. Most references do not list the SSM variant of this missile.

Metel Anti-Ship Complex (Russian: противолодочный комплекс «Метель» 'Snowstorm'; NATO reporting name SS-N-14 Silex) is a Russian family of anti-submarine missiles and warheads.

The SS-N-14 Silex is similar in concept to the French navy Malafon and the Australian navy Ikara. It is a surface-launched, subsonic, rocket-propelled ASW weapon that carries a homing torpedo or nuclear depth bomb out to the first sonar convergence zone.

The Metel Anti-Ship Complex (Russian: противолодочный комплекс «Метель» 'Snowstorm'; NATO reporting name: SS-N-14 Silex) is a Soviet family of anti-submarine missiles.