Dnipro (surface-to-air missile) explained

Dnipro
Type:	Surface-to-air missile
Origin:	Ukraine
Is Missile:	yes
Service:	In testing
Used By:	Ukrainian Navy
Designer:	Ukroboronservice
Design Date:	2014
Manufacturer:	Luch Design Bureau
Production Date:	2016-present
Variants:	Ship-platform variant Land-platform variant

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

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

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

Links

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

Notes and References

1. News: Пуски керованих ракет середньої дальності на півдні України. ВIДЕО (оновлено). Цензор.НЕТ. uk-UA. Цензор.НЕТ. 2017-04-12.