Pacific Fleet Ballin' New Anti-Ship Missile

[Major Shaitan Singh]

Area closure and 70nm range ring for SSC-6 Sennight ASCM launch - April 28, 2015

At approximately 3:30pm local time on April 28, personnel from the Russian Pacific Fleet's 72nd Coastal Artillery Troops Regiment (based on Smolyaninovo) launched at least oneSSC-6 Sennight (Russian name: 3K60 Bal)road-mobile anti-ship cruise missile against a seaborne target. The launch area was within about three nautical miles of Cape Povorotnyy, which is located about 12 nautical miles southeast of the port of Nakhodka.

The launch occurred within an announced area closure:

HYDROPAC 1343/15

SEA OF JAPAN.
MISSILES.
DNC 24.
1. HAZARDOUS OPERATIONS 2200Z TO 1000Z COMMENCING DAILY
27 THRU 29 APR IN AREA BOUND BY
41-12-45N 133-16-00E, 41-52-30N 133-02-00E,
42-38-15N 132-57-00E, 42-42-30N 133-00-00E,
42-42-00N 133-10-00E, 42-06-00N 133-48-30E,
41-30-00N 134-13-30E.
2. CANCEL THIS MSG 301100Z APR 15.//

Authority: NAVAREA XIII 43/15 220904Z APR 15.

Date: 221030Z Apr 15
Cancel: 30110000 Apr 15
Below are photos of the launch that were released by the Pacific Fleet's public affairs office.

 

[Major Shaitan Singh]

 

[Penguin]

a.k.a. Harpoonski, due to it's resemblance to RGM-84

 

[Quasar]

a.k.a. Harpoonski, due to it's resemblance to RGM-84

in fact it look far more like a YJ-8

 

[Penguin]

YJ-8

Kh-35 (wings unfolded)

KH-35 wings folded

RGM-84 wings folded

RGM-84 wings unfolded

RGM-84 in canisters

KH-35 in Canister

YJ-8 launchcanisters

 

[Quasar]

it says ''SSC-6 Sennight (Russian name: 3K60 Bal)road-mobile anti-ship cruise missile''

Although Harpoon has a road mobile variant like the danish one its not a part of American doctrine to have a road-mobile anti-ship cruise missiles. and hope you are aware of the fact that the first picture is an air launched one (YJ-8)