What you didnt know about the Yakhont Missile...

Russia made its intentions known to everyone by fulfilling the contracts it has with Syria. And if you didnt know what the Yakhont missile can do, here are my findings...

The Russian Sizzler aka Sunburn/Yakhont/Onyx and now Brahmos missile flies farther than any western anti-ship missile. It can go 300 km and it maneuvers. It can be fired on one side of an island, the curve around the island to avoid detection. It can be fired towards what is thought to be the target and then instantly change course for the real target. It can come into its target weaving to avoid being shot down. It flies below the radar and adjusts for its surroundings with the ability to move through foliage and buildings. For the last dozen kilometres, it sprints at three times the speed of sound.

Russia has exported it to China, which is upgrading it. Its also been exported to India, Vietnam and Singapore. Syria and Algeria have both the older Onyx version and an updated Yakhont. Iran has them, known as Sunburn. They can be fired from Iran's Kilo-class submarines, which are also made by Russia. Iran and Syria can set up batteries of Sizzlers in trucks along the Persian Gulf, which would be difficult to knock out or even locate if they're moving around. They're asymmetric in the sense that it is easier to sink a warship than defend one. If a state can get these, they will have the greatest amountof underdog firepower in history.

It should be noted that as of now, Western forces do not have any system thatcould could successfully engage or intercept the Yakhont Missile.


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Simon Wayne...