No.1
SSC-X-6 ‘Stooge’
Type: Coastal defense missile
Soviet designation: 3K60 Bal
Missile designation: 3M24 Uran
Designer: Zvezda
Lenght: 4.2 m
Diameter: 0.42 m
Span: 1.3 m
Weight: 630 kg
Range: 130 km
Speed: 1,100 km/h
Propulsion: Solid-propellant rocket booster + turbofan sustainer
Guidance: Inertial + active radar terminal homing
Warhead: 145 kg SAP
Operational: Under development
Launch battery equipment: Four launch vehicles, radar vehicle, datalink vehicle, four transloader vehicles
Launch Vehicle/Transloader Vehicle/Command Vehicle
Designation: MAZ-543M
Length: 13.5/13.83/14.65 m
Width: 3.1/3.62/3.1 m
Height: 4.0/3.95/4.05 m
Weight: 42,500/42,500/38,200 kg
Road Speed: 60 km/h
Crew: 6/2/7
The Bal has been in development since April 1984 alongside the air-launched Kh-35 (AS-20) and ship-launched SS-N-25 anti-ship missiles. The missile is built mainly of aluminium and has folding wings and tail fins. Its ARGS-35 active radar seeker has been developed by Leninets. The Bal cruises at an altitude of 5-10 meters, reducing to 3-5 meters during the terminal phase, and it can sink ships of up to 5,000 tons displacement. The launch vehicle carries eight missile tubes and a command post that houses the crew of six. The transporter/reloader vehicle has six reloads with a 9 ton crane and a crew of two. The combat control vehicle has an acquisition radar in the rear, a crew compartment in the middle, and an equipment compartment in the forward part. Two control vehicles can use their radars in a passive mode to detect targets. All vehicles are based on the MAZ-543M 8×8 truck chassis and equipped with gas-turbine generators for power supply.
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