Russia Test Fires P-270 Moskit Antiship Missile


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On April 5, Russia’s Zvezda TV reported that two corvettes in the country’s Black Sea Fleet conducted a successful test launch of the P-270 Moskit (NATO: SS-N-22 “Sunburn”). The antiship missile hit a target approximately 55 km away. The P-270 Moskit (“Mosquito”) is a ramjet-equipped supersonic missile, with a combat range of 120 km while carrying a 150 kg warhead.

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Shaan Shaikh, "Russia Test Fires P-270 Moskit Antiship Missile," Missile Threat, Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 9, 2019, last modified April 9, 2019, https://missilethreat.csis.org/russia-test-fires-p-270-moskit-antiship-missile/.