SPETSTECHNOEXPORT SHOWCASES "NEPTUN" AND "VILKHA" MISSILE SYSTEMS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET
KYIV -- Spetstechnoexport Company, part of the State Concern Ukroboronprom, introduced the new models of the anti-ship cruise missile system "Neptun" and high-precision multiple rocket launching system "Vilkha" at the international Defense exhibition IDEX-2019 in the UAE.
The combat units for both systems were developed and produced by the State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch.
The Neptun cruise missile is capable of striking 5,000-ton warships at a distance of up to 280 km (the export version). The system consists of four anti-ship missiles, their launchers and a land mobile platform. The weight of each missile is 670 kg, and its fragmentation-explosive warheads weights 145 kg.
The new Ukrainian high precision multiple rocket launching system Vilkha with 300 mm caliber missiles is considered to be one of the most powerful in the world in its class. The system is capable of launching 12 missiles in just 45 seconds to a distance of up to 120 km, with a circular error probable of less than 30 meters. The 300 mm Vilkha missile weighs 800 kg.
Both systems use mobile KrAZ-7634 chassis.
Several Middle Eastern countries have expressed interested in both systems. Conducting successful firing trials of Neptun and Vilkha missiles in 2018 created the preconditions for reaching specific agreements with potential foreign customers.
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