Vietnam unveils new antiship Cruise Missile

[Viet]

May News 2020 Navy Naval Maritime Defense Industry
POSTED ON THURSDAY, 28 MAY 2020 16:13



According to a publication released on the Facebook account of VietDefense, Vietnam has unveiled its new local-made VCM-01 anti-ship cruise missile which is a development of the Vietnamese KCT-15, a customized version of the Russian-made Kh-35UE produced under license in Vietnam.
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Vietnamese-made VCM-1 anti-ship cruise missile. (Picture source Facebook account VietDefense)

An Anti-ship missile is a guided missile that is designed to be used against ships and large boats. Most anti-ship missiles are of the sea skimming variety, and many use a combination of inertial guidance and active radar homing. The longer-range version of anti-ship missiles is called anti-ship cruise missiles.

The Kh-35UE is and advanced version of the Kh-35E air-launched anti-ship cruise missile, the export variant of the Russian-made Kh-35. The Kh-35 missile is a subsonic weapon featuring a normal aerodynamic configuration with cruciform wings and fins and a semi-submerged air duct intake. The propulsion unit is a turbofan engine. The missile is guided to its target at the final leg of the trajectory by commands fed from the active radar homing head and the radio altimeter.

The Kh-35UE has a maximum firing range of 260 km and can fly at a maximum altitude of 10 km. A combined guidance system using an inertial system, satellite navigation and active-passive radar seeker gives the Kh-35UE better accuracy and higher jamming immunity, as well as a wider range of targets, including in an ECM environment. The new seeker has a lock-on range of 50 km (compared with 20 km for the Kh-35E). The missile has a warhead of 145 kg able to destroy vessels up to 5,000 tons.

The Kh-35UE can be launched from multiple platforms, including coastal defense missile systems and rotary aircraft, depending on the launch platform and the missile configurations. For example, the helicopter-launched version is slightly longer and heavier than the fixed-wing aircraft variant and can also be launched at lower altitudes.

Russian-made Kh-35UE anti-ship missile (Picture source Wikimedia)

The Kh-35UE has a combined guidance system using an inertial system, a GPS/GLONASS receiver for satellite navigation and the new U-502U active-passive radar seeker gives the KH-35UE better accuracy and higher jamming immunity, as well as a wider range of targets, under an ECM environment. The new seeker has a lock-on range of 50 km (compared with 20 km for the KH-35E). The Glonass receiver provides a secondary capability to attack fixed land/coastal targets. The seeker can acquire targets at sea state 6.

The Vietnamese VCM-01 anti-ship cruise missile is a local-made version of the Russian Kh-35UE which has a maximum firing range of 300km and a warhead of 300 kg.


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[striver44]

The Vietnamese VCM-01 anti-ship cruise missile is a local-made version of the Russian Kh-35UE which has a maximum firing range of 300km and a warhead of 300 kg.

although it sounds impressive, I don't know if the electronics onboard Vietnames frigate are capable to track distance as far as 300km, considering the earth curvature even the latest Euro- made Radar are capable of detecting ships at max 70km. you need OTHT assets to harness those full potential.

Indonesian Navy tested the 300KM capable Yakhont missile and only succeeded firing it at a distance of 185km
with intensive submarine intelligence gathering to locate the target.

 

[Viet]

although it sounds impressive, I don't know if the electronics onboard Vietnames frigate are capable to track distance as far as 300km, considering the earth curvature even the latest Euro- made Radar are capable of detecting ships at max 70km. you need OTHT assets to harness those full potential.

Indonesian Navy tested the 300KM capable Yakhont missile and only succeeded firing it at a distance of 185km
with intensive submarine intelligence gathering to locate the target.

Do you still have ships that fire Yakhont?

 

[striver44]

Do you still have ships that fire Yakhont?

yes.

 

[Viva_Viet]

although it sounds impressive, I don't know if the electronics onboard Vietnames frigate are capable to track distance as far as 300km, considering the earth curvature even the latest Euro- made Radar are capable of detecting ships at max 70km. you need OTHT assets to harness those full potential.

Indonesian Navy tested the 300KM capable Yakhont missile and only succeeded firing it at a distance of 185km
with intensive submarine intelligence gathering to locate the target.

I thought GPS/GLONASS can solve the tracking distance problem??

 

[Viet]

yes.

Good
better than us
We only have Yakhont on land batteries.

Kh35 is a fire and forget missile system. When the missiles are launched they are guided by initial guidance system, then satellite navigation system Glonass, then onboard radar system on final approach to targets.

I thought GPS/GLONASS can solve the tracking distance problem??

they are used midcourse.

 

[Viva_Viet]

Good
better than us
We only have Yakhont on land batteries.

Kh35 is a fire and forget missile system. When the missiles are launched they are guided by initial guidance system, then satellite navigation system Glonass, then onboard radar system on final approach to targets.

they are used midcourse.

Oh,so they dont use GPS/GLONASS ?? Then of course the missiles can not hit 300km target.

 

[Viet]

Oh,so they dont use GPS/GLONASS ?? Then of course the missiles can not hit 300km target.

Sure satelitte is used. It’s necessary over long distances.

 

[striver44]

Good
better than us
We only have Yakhont on land batteries.

Kh35 is a fire and forget missile system. When the missiles are launched they are guided by initial guidance system, then satellite navigation system Glonass, then onboard radar system on final approach to targets.

they are used midcourse.

yes I know, but weapons system operator onboard a ship CIC wouldn't detect hostile ships until atleast 70km, you need another surveillance assets. Long range Maritime scan radar such as onboard MPA's to relay those information. correct me if I'm wrong , but using glonass is usefull to have a coordinate of hostile ships, but they're constantly moving and so do the satellites. so its not that easy.

 

[Viva_Viet]

yes I know, but weapons system operator onboard a ship CIC wouldn't detect hostile ships until atleast 70km, you need another surveillance assets. Long range Maritime scan radar such as onboard MPA's to relay those information. correct me if I'm wrong , but using glonass is usefull to have a coordinate of hostile ships, but they're constantly moving and so do the satellites. so its not that easy.

To sink a real warship, anti ship missile alone is too hard to do the job. U need satellite, spy planes to detect the ship from 300km.

The warship also has protection system against missiles ( machines gun, cannon etc), so u also really need a smart tactic to sink the ship.

 

[initial_d]

not bad, not bad at all, congrats

 

[FairAndUnbiased]

Aimed by a little guy riding inside, because we all know the state of Vietnamese electronics.

 

[Viet]

not bad, not bad at all, congrats

Indonesia and other Asean countries should not worry too much. Vietnam navy is formidable.
We will fight until the bitter end (pls notice Kh35 antiship missiles onboard).