The project number is considered to be 10831K (or 10832).

I have a document that claims Vulkan and possible Sandbox (I don’t have the doc handy at the moment) supposedly dove below the waterline just before impact. Any truth to this?

That was the way how one of the first Russian ASMs KSSch was operating, which dropped warhead into water app. 60 m from the target.

It’s sometimes so hard to prove obvious….

April 2000, Ukrainian ship “Vereschagino” accidentally hit by Progress (modernized P-35) missile.

Me either. I have reason to doubt that one of those impact holes was caused by Vulkan though. The weapon, according to all information I’ve seen regarding the Bazalt airframe is that its either a diver or a low profile flier. Low profile being in the hundreds of ft….not sea skimming. Seeing that Vulkan is developed off the earlier missile it begs the question of how it hit target at the same height as Moskit?.

Suite yourself. Vulcan is not exactly a sea-skimmer, but it’s terminal phase is definitely lower than anticipated. So, it’s a diver, you’re right. It just doesn’t need to dive from several hundred of feet.

You’ve ever seen the hole a Ukrainean Progress made in a trawler at approximately the same height? She isn’t a skimmer either…

Jonesy, do you claim that Sea Viper has started to provide proven capability? The problems have been sorted out?

Just because the (old) 50km SS-N-14 Silex (URPK-4 Metel) missiles are gone? You don’t suppose 2x Ka27 Helix (530km range, with 1 × AT-1M, VTT-1, UMGT-1 Orlan, or APR-2 Yastreb torpedo or 36 RGB-NM plus RGB-NM-1 sonobouys), 2×4 553 mm Torpedo tubes with both 18-22km Type 53 ASW/ASuW torpedo’s and (newer) 45km SS-N-15 Starfish (RPK-2 Viyuga) ASW missiles and2x RBU-6000 rocket launchers for close-in ASW and anti-torpedo countermeasures account for anything?

It’s not Vyuga, it has Vodopad in those torp tubes. There’s a video showing the launch.

There isn’t much detail on the Duet but you’re probably right.

On the other hand, the Phalanx’s rate of fire is 3,000-4,500 rds/min (20mm) compared to 10 000 30mm shells

Puma series of FCS provides closed loop guidance.

Came across this on a vietnamese forum: Talwar model with 3×12 cell VLU in place of current 24 round SRL.

That’s model of 11356-M, proposed for export and Russian Navy.