The “Depot UA” web site reported that Oleg Korostelov, the overall designer of LUCH Design Bureau, that negotiations on the acquisition are underway at numerous phases. The largest progress is now with Indonesia, which has signed a Memorandum of Understanding on the availability of a coastal cell missile system RK-360 Neptune. Indonesia might turn out to be the primary international purchaser of “Neptune” , in keeping with Protection Categorical close to the Ukrainian particular exporter State Enterprise (SE) “Progress”. In March 2021, the Ukrainian Navy obtained the primary items of the RK-360MC Neptune. There are two extra nations, however negotiations with them are nonetheless a really uncooked starting, and it’s too early to speak about it.
RK-360MC Neptune is a Ukrainian cruise anti-ship missile developed by Luch Design Bureau which has most firing vary of 280 km. Anticipated to be mounted on three platforms: ship, land and air launchers. The missile was revealed for the primary time within the exhibition “Weapons and Safety 2015” which held in Kyiv. The primary flight samples of the cruise missile have been manufactured within the spring of 2016. Manufacturing of superior missile weapons takes place in cooperation with different Ukrainian enterprises, together with Artem Luch GAhK, Kharkiv State Aviation Plant, «Motor Sich» (turbofan MS-400 engine), Pivdenne YuMZ PivdenMash, Lviv LORTA or different radar electronics, Vyshneve ZhMZ Vizar Kiev and others.
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The missile is predicated on a design of the Soviet anti-ship missile Kh-35, nonetheless Ukrainian constructors considerably improved missile vary and electronics. The missiles are designed to be situated in transport and launch containers (TLC) with dimensions of 5,300 × 600 × 600 mm. The size of the missile itself with an accelerator of 5,050 mm. TLC with a rocket with a cross-shaped laborious wing will be positioned on terrestrial, marine or air carriers. The system is designed to defeat fight floor ships and transport vessels from the construction of shock teams or transferring individually with a displacement of as much as 5,000 tons. After the U.S. and the Russian each left the INF Treaty, Ukraine introduced that it was contemplating creating intermediate-range cruise missiles.
In mid-2017, missiles have been examined concurrently with trials of the Vilkha advanced. Nevertheless, not like the Vilkha, the check outcomes and capabilities of the “Neptune” rocket weren’t marketed.On January 30, 2018, in keeping with the press service of NSDC, the primary flight checks of the Ukrainian ground-based cruise missile, which is able to precisely hitting floor and naval targets, have been profitable. On August 17, 2018, the missile efficiently hit a goal on the vary of 100 km throughout check fireplace within the southern a part of Odesa oblast. 6 April 2019, the missile was efficiently examined once more and hit goal throughout checks close to Odesa, in keeping with President Petro Poroshenko’s assertion, it could be offered to the Ukrainian navy in December 2019.
