The RPK-2 Viyuga (Russian: РПК-2 Вьюга; "Viyuga" is "blizzard" in English) cruise missile is a complex Russian submarine launched missile. Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages A blizzard is a severe Winter storm condition characterized by low Temperatures strong Winds and heavy blowing Snow Blizzards are formed when A cruise missile is a guided Missile that carries an explosive payload and uses a lifting wing and a propulsion system usually a Jet engine, to allow Russia (Россия Rossiya) or the Russian Federation ( Rossiyskaya Federatsiya) is a transcontinental Country extending Its NATO reporting name is SS-N-15 Starfish. NATO reporting names are unclassified Code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc ( Soviet Union and other nations of the Warsaw pact It is designed to be fired from a 533 mm torpedo tube, where it is boosted by a choice of mechanisms depending on model before clearing the water, firing a solid rocket propellant and delivering its payload up to 45 km away. The modern torpedo (historically called an automotive automobile locomotive or fish torpedo is a self-propelled explosive Projectile weapon launched above or below A propellant is a material that is used to move ("propel" an object The payload ranges from a simple depth charge to a 200 kt nuclear warhead. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion.
The RPK-2 uses 82R torpedo or 90R nuclear depth charge in 533 mm version and 83R torpedo carrying or 86R nuclear depth charge in 650 mm version.
Both sub-launched and surface-launched versions exist. The surface-launched versions are used by the Slava, Kirov, Neustrashimyy and Udaloy classes, while the sub-launched versions are used by the Akula, Oscar, Typhoon, Kilo and Borei classes.
It is analogous in function to the now retired Subroc missile carried by US Navy submarines. SUBROC (SUBmarine ROCket was a type of Submarine launched Rocket intended for use as an anti-submarine weapon
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