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P-70 Ametist

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The P-70 Ametist (NATO reporting name SS-N-7 Starbright, GRAU designation 4K66; П-70 «Аметист» 'Amethyst') was an anti-ship missile carried by Soviet and Indian Charlie-I submarines, as well as the Soviet Papa class submarine. [1]

16 relations: Active radar homing, Amethyst, Anti-ship missile, Charlie-class submarine, Cruise missile submarine, Echo-class submarine, GRAU, Inertial navigation system, L band, NATO reporting name, NPO Mashinostroyeniya, P-120 Malakhit, P-15 Termit, Radar altimeter, Soviet submarine K-222, SS-N-3 Shaddock.

Active radar homing

Active radar homing (ARH) is a missile guidance method in which a missile contains a radar transceiver (in contrast to semi-active radar homing, which uses only a receiver) and the electronics necessary for it to find and track its target autonomously.

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Amethyst

Amethyst is a violet variety of quartz often used in jewelry.

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Anti-ship missile

Anti-ship missiles are guided missiles that are designed for use against ships and large boats.

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Charlie-class submarine

The Project 670 Skat submarine (NATO classification Charlie class) was a nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine built for the Soviet Navy and later operated by the Russian Navy.

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Cruise missile submarine

A cruise missile submarine is a submarine that launches cruise missiles (SLCMs) as its primary armament.

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Echo-class submarine

The Echo class were nuclear cruise missile submarines of the Soviet Navy built during the 1960s.

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GRAU

The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation (GRAU) (translit) is a department of the Russian (ex-Soviet) Ministry of Defense.

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Inertial navigation system

An inertial navigation system (INS) is a navigation aid that uses a computer, motion sensors (accelerometers), rotation sensors (gyroscopes), and occasionally magnetic sensors (magnetometers) to continuously calculate by dead reckoning the position, the orientation, and the velocity (direction and speed of movement) of a moving object without the need for external references.

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L band

The L band is the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) designation for the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum from 1 to 2 gigahertz (GHz).

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NATO reporting name

NATO reporting names are code names for military equipment of Russia, China, and, historically, the former Eastern Bloc (Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw Pact).

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NPO Mashinostroyeniya

NPO Mashinostroyeniya (НПО машиностроения) is a rocket design bureau based in Reutov, Russia.

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P-120 Malakhit

The P-120 Malakhit (П-120 «Малахит» 'Malachite'; NATO reporting name: SS-N-9 Siren, GRAU designation: 4K85) is a Russian medium range anti-ship missile used by corvettes and submarines.

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P-15 Termit

The P-15 Termit (П-15 "Термит"; termite) is an anti-ship missile developed by the Soviet Union's Raduga design bureau in the 1950s.

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Radar altimeter

A radar altimeter, electronic altimeter, reflection altimeter, radio altimeter (RADALT), low range radio altimeter (LRRA) or simply RA, used on aircraft, measures altitude above the terrain presently beneath an aircraft or spacecraft by timing how long it takes a beam of radio waves to reflect from the ground and return to the plane.

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Soviet submarine K-222

Soviet submarine K-162 was the world's fastest submarine.

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SS-N-3 Shaddock

The P-5 "Pyatyorka" (П-5 «Пятёрка»; "Pyatyorka", "fiver" in English), 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.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P-70_Ametist

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