3S-14
Russian missile launcher
The 3S-14 missile launcher (Russian: 3С14), also known as UKSK (Russian: Универсальный Корабельный Стрельбовый Комплекс, romanized: Universal'nyy Korabel'nyy Strel'bovyy Kompleks, lit. 'Universal Shipborne Launching Complex'), is a vertical launching system in service with Russian Navy.
The system exists in container and container-less variants that differ in requirements to the ship its installed to. Deck-mounted angled 3S-14PE version is proposed on export.
It may launch following types of missiles:
- Kalibr missiles - SS-N-30 cruise missile, SS-N-27 anti-ship missile
- Tsirkon cruise missiles
- P-800 Oniks anti-ship missiles
- Otvet anti-submarine missile
Some sources report potential use of surface-to-air missiles (SAMs) in UKSK-M.
The system is installed on:
- project 11661K Gepard-class frigate Dagestan,
- project 22350 class Admiral Gorshkov-class frigate,
- project 11356 Admiral Grigorovich-class frigate
- modernized Udaloy-class destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov
- modernized Kirov-class battlecruiser Admiral Nakhimov
- project 21631 Buyan-M-class corvette
- project 22800 Karakurt-class corvette
- project 20385 Gremyashchiy-class corvette
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Images, from Wikimedia Commons:
- International Maritime Defence Show 2011 (377-9).jpg by Vitaly V. Kuzmin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Russian corvette Gremyashchiy in Brunei - 34.jpg by Yu Chu Chin, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Grad Sviyazhsk (2017-06-05) 01.jpg by Вадим Савицкий, CC BY 4.0
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