The missile can be launched from helicopters, surface ships and coastal defence batteries with the help of a rocket booster, in which case it is known as Uran ('Uranus', NATO reporting name SS-N-25 'Switchblade', GRAU 3M24) or Bal ( NATO reporting name SSC-6 'Sennight', GRAU 3K60). It is designed to attack vessels up to 5,000 tonnes.

Nov 2, 2021 · The firing range of Russia’s Bal (NATO reporting name: SSC-6 Sennight) coastal mobile missile system has doubled after the trials of its new missile that is capable of hitting both warships and ground targets, a source in the defense industry told TASS.

The Ship-to-Shore Connector (SSC), also known as the LCAC 100 class, [6] is a system proposed by the United States Navy as a replacement for the Landing Craft Air Cushion (LCAC). [7] It will offer an increased capacity to cope with the growing weight of equipment used by the United States Army and Marine Corps. [5] As of 2015, the program is forecast to cost a total of US$4.054B for 73 hovercraft.

The SS-C-6 is designated as "Sennight", an archaic word for the space of seven nights and days, also known as a week. The Kh-35E (3M-24E) missiles can be employed in fair and adverse weather...

The Zvezda Kh-35U (Russian: Х-35У, AS-20 'Kayak') is the jet-launched version of a Russian subsonic anti-ship missile.

The P-5 "Pyatyorka" (Russian: П-5 «Пятёрка», lit. 'five'), also known by the NATO codename SS-N-3C Shaddock, is a Cold War era turbojet -powered cruise missile of the Soviet Union, designed by the Chelomey design bureau. The missile entered service in 1959.

Feb 19, 2018 · This figure was achieved after the coastal-based forces were rearmed with Bal (NATO reporting name: SSC-6 Sennight) and Bastion (SSC-5 Stooge) coastal-based missile systems, he added.

Oct 25, 2016 · There are four clipped-delta platform wings midway along the body and four slim trapezoid control fins at the rear. The wings and control fins are in X configuration and all fold. A tandem 120 kg...

Oct 27, 2016 · Russia’s Northern Fleet will receive the Bal (NATO reporting name: SSC-6 Sennight) coastal defense missile system to accomplish tasks in the Arctic, CEO of the Taifun Instrument-Manufacturing Plant in Kaluga in west Russia Andrei Petrakov said.

It was developed in the 1990's as a possible replacement for the 4K51 Rubezh system and for export sales. The Bal uses the Kh-35 Uran (3M24) subsonic anti-ship missile, which has a roughly similar performance as the American RGM-84 Harpoon and French MM-40 Exocet.