P-270 Moskit

The P-270 Moskit, Russian for Mosquito, is a ramjet-powered supersonic anti-ship missile of the 3M80 family, believed to carry the NATO reporting name SS-N-22 Sunburn. It was apparently conceived to strengthen missile cutter brigades and destroyer brigades that had depended on the older Malachit missile, and its very high speed was specified to cut the time a target ship has to bring its self-defence weapons into action; it was designed with ships protected by the Aegis system and the SM-2 missile in mind. The slim missile carries a radar seeker in the nose, a 300 kilogram semi-armour-piercing warhead, a ramjet fed through four air intakes and a solid-propellant booster, with folding wings and tail surfaces. It is reported to reach Mach 3 at high altitude and Mach 2.2 at low altitude. Eight missiles are carried on each Sovremennyy destroyer and four on each Tarantul III patrol ship, and an air-launched version for the Su-27K fighter was shown in 1992. Raduga later displayed a lightened 3M-80E1 export version.