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Dnipro is Ukrainian prospective surface-to-air missile of middle range. It was supposed to be mounted on Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvettes.

Dnipro
Type	Surface-to-air missile
Place of origin	Ukraine
Service history
In service	In testing
Used by	Ukrainian Navy
Production history
Designer	Ukroboronservice
Designed	2014
Manufacturer	Luch Design Bureau
Produced	2016-present
Variants	Ship-platform variant Land-platform variant

The designer, Ukroboronservice, also developed the land-platform variant for this missiles.

December 1, 2016 was posted a message about successful launches of cruise missiles Neptune and anti-aircraft missiles Dnipro at a training range in the southern of Ukraine.[1]

Tactical and technical characteristics

• The maximum detection range of a target type of a tactical fighter:
  • at an altitude of 7 km - not less than 150 km;
  • at an altitude of 0,15 km - not less than 50 km;
  • at an altitude of 0.02 km - not less than 28 km;
• Range of steady escort of tactical fighter - 120 km;
• Minimum height of target damage is 0.015 km;
• Maximum defeat height of the target is 25 km;
• Time of preparation (inclusion) of the complex for combat work - no more than 4 minutes.

Producers

Medium range SAM "Dnipro" is a product of joint venture of Ukrainian defense enterprises:

• Iskra SPC (multipurpose radar missile launching station) — Zaporizhia;
• SPP Aerotehnics-MLT (the station of combat control) — Kyiv;
• Luch Design Bureau (rockets) — Kyiv;
• DP LINDRTI (GSN developer) — Lviv;
• KrAZ (chassis) — Kremenchuk.
• Ukroboronservice (General project management)

See also

• Volodymyr Velykyi-class corvette
• Neptune (cruise missile)
• Hrim (missile system)
• Dnepr (rocket)

References

Links

• "ЗРК "Дніпро" - новий комплекс для ППО". defence-ua.com. Defense Express. 2017-01-30. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
• "Future Arsenal: SAM Dnipro". uprom.info. National Industrial Portal. 2018-01-23. Retrieved 2018-01-23.
• "Ukraine will develop new surface-to-air missile system". quwa.org. 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
• "Ukraine To Develop New Air Defense Missile System". www.defenseworld.net. 2017-01-09. Retrieved 2018-02-07.
• "Ukraine completing development of its mobile Dnipro SAM launcher system". defence-ua.com. Defense Express. 2016-03-28. Retrieved 2018-02-07.

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