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The mobile-modular missile system CLUB-K, which has no analogues in the world, opens a new page in the creation of a new generation of defensive weapons. It was developed by JSC Concern Morinformsistema-Agat.
By developing this system, our country has not only proved that it can create and bring to the market fundamentally new weapons systems in the shortest possible time. Domestic specialists actually opened a revolutionary direction in the design of military equipment.

The "Club-K" containerized missile system is designed to engage surface and ground targets with cruise missiles. Complex "Club-K" can be equipped with coastal positions, surface ships and vessels of various classes, railway and automobile platforms. Functionally, the "Club-K" complex consists of a Universal Launch Module (USM), a Combat Control Module (MOBU), and a Power Supply and Life Support Module (MEZH). The Universal Launch Module houses a 4-rocket lift launcher. USM is designed for the preparation and launch of missiles from transport and launch containers.

The "Club-K" containerized missile system is designed to engage surface and ground targets with 3M-54TE, 3M-54TE1 and 3M-14TE cruise missiles.
Complex "Club-K" can be equipped with coastal positions, surface ships and vessels of various classes, railway and automobile platforms.

The Club-K complex is housed in a standard 40-foot sea container.
Functionally, the "Club-K" complex consists of a Universal Launch Module (USM), a Combat Control Module (MOBU), and a Power Supply and Life Support Module (MEZH).
The Universal Launch Module houses a 4-rocket lift launcher. USM is designed for the preparation and launch of missiles from transport and launch containers.

MoBU provides:
- daily maintenance and routine checks of missiles;
- reception of CU and commands for shooting;
- calculation of the initial shooting data;
- Carrying out prelaunch preparation;
- development of a flight mission and launch of cruise missiles.
MoBU and FAME can be constructively designed and manufactured in the form of separate standard shipping containers.

PECULIARITIES:
- Ability to use from any land and offshore platforms
- Prompt delivery and installation on a carrier or onshore position
- Defeat surface and ground targets
- Ability to build up ammunition
Used missiles
3M-54KE (3M-54TE) and 3M-54KE1 - cruise missiles for hitting surface targets;
3M-14KE (3M-14TE) - cruise missiles to destroy ground targets;
Kh-35UE - cruise missiles for hitting surface targets.

The Club-K missile system was first presented by the Russian design bureau Novator at the Asian defense systems exhibition LIMA-2009, held from 19 to 22 April 2009 in Malaysia. At the II International Military Exhibition and Conference "DIMDEX-2010", held on March 29-31, 2010 in Doha (Qatar), the Russian exposition presented data on the new systems of the Club missile family. These are the Club-M coastal missile system, the Club-U modular missile system and the Club-K container missile system.

OJSC Concern Morinformsistema-Agat at IMDS-2011 in St. Petersburg, and then MAKS-2011 in Zhukovsky presented a unique open exposition, where for the first time full-scale samples of the newest container missile weapon system Club-K in two versions were presented versions: 40-foot container with missiles 3M-54TE, 3M-54TE1 and 3M-14TE; 20-foot container with Kh-35UE missiles. As it became known, "Club-K" recently returned from the landfill.

At the exhibition "Technologies in Mechanical Engineering - 2012" Concern "Morinformsystem-Agat" showed KKRO and demonstrated the possibility of using the latest Kh-35UE cruise missile with a target designation and target detection system. Functionally, the Club-K complex includes a universal launch module (USM), a combat control module (MOBU), and a power supply and life support module (MEZH). In general, the system can be implemented in a single-module design.
LLC NPO PROGRESS offers a technical solution for the use of the GALS-D2-4 product in container complexes of missile weapons of the Club-K type, which includes a high-precision inertial-satellite system performing the functions of high-precision topographic reference with an accuracy of no worse than 0.7 d.u. , guidance and navigation.

JSC "CDB" Titan "at the International Forum" Technologies in Mechanical Engineering-2012 "demonstrated to specialists one of its recent developments, a universal launch module of the" Club-K "container complex of missile weapons. He was represented by Viktor Shurygin, General Director and General Designer of OJSC TsKB Titan, Doctor of Technical Sciences. “We participated in this show together with the head developer of this complex, the Russian concern Morinformsistema - Agat. "Live" equipment is not photographs, not mock-ups or even films, the effectiveness of viewing it is always immeasurably higher. But domestic manufacturers cannot afford to constantly carry large-sized samples of their products over long distances. And in this sense, the next forum in Zhukovsky is especially important for all participants and guests, ”V. Shurygin commented on the situation.

Successful drop tests of the Club-K containerized missile system with the Kh-35UE missile took place in September 2012, a source in the Morinformsystem-Agat concern that conducted the tests said. “The throw test program has been completed in full. Experts assess them as successful, ”the source said.
According to him, similar tests of the Club-K complex with 3M-54E and 3M-14E missiles will be carried out in the near future.
“The tests carried out have shown once again that the customers are offered not a model or a mock-up, but an operating container complex of missile weapons, which makes it possible to turn any ship into a rocket ship,” he said. He recalled that the Club-K complex was demonstrated at a number of international exhibitions and aroused great interest among foreign customers.
The Club-K complex is housed in a standard railway container. It can only be detected during the launch of missiles, when the complex is brought into combat readiness. At other times, it looks like an ordinary rail container.

According to the head of the concern in which CLUB-K was developed, Georgy Antsev, the era of modular weapons is coming. Combat systems will be assembled from a kind of cubes. And Russia in this direction is becoming a kind of trendsetter.

The idea of ​​placing various combat systems in special mobile modules is not new. However, only we have guessed to use standard containers - 20 and 40 feet - as such modules. They contain multipurpose missiles such as Kh-35UE, 3M14, 3M54, as well as reconnaissance and combat control systems. The use of unmanned helicopters of the original design is assumed.

From container cubes, you can quickly and easily assemble defensive missile systems of any power and for any purpose, and then covertly move them into the zone of possible combat operations. Any container ship with Club-K complexes becomes a missile carrier with a devastating salvo. And any echelon with such containers or a convoy of heavy-duty container vehicles - powerful missile units that can appear where the enemy does not wait.

Know-how not only in high mobility, but also in ease of maintenance and disposability. There is no need for special and expensive vehicles, transport-loading vehicles, and much more that is required in classical rocket systems.
The costs of any state for such missile weapons are becoming affordable. It is no coincidence that interest in CLUB-K is growing on the global arms market. By the way, the appearance of the first such systems in the form of models at international exhibitions even frightened some in the West. Moreover, one of the semantic contents of the English word "club" is a club. And the Russian club will crush anything.

At the international exhibition of aerospace and naval technology LIMA-2013 in Malaysia, the Morinformsistema-Agat Concern held a number of meetings and negotiations on the issue of exporting the new Club-K container missile system. “Interest in the complex has been shown to be quite large, we held negotiations. Moreover, these are not the first negotiations, we are moving slowly forward, "said General Director, General Designer of the Morinformsistema-Agat concern, Georgy Antsev.
The Daily Telegraph argues that if Iraq had Club-K missile systems in 2003, a US invasion of the Persian Gulf would be impossible: any civilian freighter in the Gulf would pose a potential threat to warships and cargo.
Pentagon experts are concerned that Russia is openly offering Club-K to anyone under threat of US attack. Should this missile system enter service with Venezuela or Iran, this, according to American analysts, could destabilize the situation in the world.

SPECIFICATIONS

For the first time, the Club-K missile system was presented by the Russian design bureau Novator at the Asian Defense Systems Exhibition held in April 2009 in Malaysia. In Russia, "Club-K" was shown to the general public in St. Petersburg at the naval show "IMDS-2011". The system is a launcher with four Kh-35UE anti-ship cruise missiles, as well as missiles of the 3M-54KE, 3M-54KE1 and 3M-14KE types.

The complex looks like a standard sea (20 or 40 ') cargo container used for shipping. Thanks to this disguise, it is almost impossible to notice the Club-K until it is activated. Functionally, the "Club-K" complex consists of a universal launch module (USM), a combat control module (MBU) and a power supply and life support module (MEZH). Russian developers call the missile system "affordable strategic weapons", each container costs, according to various estimates, about 10-15 million dollars.

The "Club-K" container missile system has caused a real panic among Western military experts, as it can completely change the rules of modern warfare. The compact container can be installed on ships, trucks or railway platforms, and because of the excellent camouflage of the missile system, the enemy will have to conduct much more thorough reconnaissance when planning an attack.

In fact, the situation is much worse. She's just disastrous. The fact is that in any decently developed country, all ports and railway stations are simply packed with 40-foot containers. These containers, in addition, are widely used as temporary warehouses and to accommodate workers' cabins, as well as for technology - for example, modular oil and gas boilers, diesel power plants, tanks with liquids and so on are mounted in them.

Thus, the entire territory of the country is filled with tens and even hundreds of thousands of such containers. Which ones contain missiles inside? How to determine this? Civilian transport is perfectly suited for handling such cargo. A huge number of railway platforms, river and sea vessels and even cargo trailers can transport such containers.

The Daily Telegraph argues that if Iraq had Club-K missile systems in 2003, a US invasion of the Persian Gulf would be impossible: any civilian freighter in the Gulf would pose a potential threat to warships and cargo.

Pentagon experts are concerned that Russia is openly offering Club-K to anyone under threat of US attack. Should this missile system enter service with Venezuela or Iran, this, according to American analysts, could destabilize the situation in the world.

"This system enables the proliferation of cruise missiles on a scale we have never seen before," Pentagon defense consultant Ruben Johnson assesses the potential of Club-K. - With careful camouflage and high mobility, you can no longer easily determine that an object is being used as a launcher. First, a harmless cargo ship appears on your shores, and the next minute your military facilities have already been destroyed by explosions. "

The main element of the Club rocket system is the Alpha universal rocket, which was demonstrated in 1993 at the arms exhibition in Abu Dhabi and at the MAKS-93 international aerospace show in Zhukovsky. In the same year, she was put into service.

According to the western classification, the rocket received the designation SS-N-27 Sizzler ("hissing", for the characteristic hissing sound at launch). In Russia and abroad it was designated as "Club" (Сlub), "Turquoise" (Biryuza) and "Alpha" (Alpha or Alfa). However, these are all export names - the domestic military knows this system under the code "Caliber".

India became the first foreign customer of the sea-based Club missile system. Surface and underwater missile systems are installed on Project 11356 frigates (Talwar class) and Project 877EKM diesel submarines of the Indian Navy, built by Russian enterprises. On previously purchased submarines, the Club complex is installed during repair and modernization work on them.

The Club missile system is also supplied to China, agreements have been reached on deliveries to several more countries. Iran and Venezuela have already expressed their interest in purchasing the new product, according to the Sunday Telegraph.

But until now, it was about the sea-based "Club" (Club) systems - for surface ships and submarines. Now the Russian developers have taken a revolutionary step - they have put the ship's missiles in a standard container and achieved their autonomous launch. And this radically changes the tactics and strategy of using missiles.

At the same time, formally, the Club-K missiles do not fall under any restrictions. Their flight range is up to 250-300 km, and they are not even ballistic, but winged. The Americans themselves once removed cruise missiles from the brackets of treaties on limiting the export of missile technologies - and now they are reaping the benefits.

How did Club-K scare the Pentagon's military experts? In principle, in combat and technological terms, there is nothing supernova there - the complex "shoots" subsonic cruise missiles of various modifications (even the 3M54E missile is subsonic - only the last 20-30 km its shock part passes at supersonic 3M in order to effectively overcome the powerful air defense and create a large kinetic effect on a large target). The system allows you to hit sea and ground targets at a distance of 200-300 km from the launch point, including aircraft carriers - but it is not a Wunderwaffe in itself.

The main thing here is different - the whole complex is made in the form of a standard 20 or 40-foot sea container. This means that it becomes virtually invisible to any type of aerial and technical reconnaissance. This is the whole "salt" of the idea. The container may be on board a merchant ship. On a railway platform. It can be loaded onto a semitrailer and transported to the area of ​​use as an ordinary load by an ordinary truck. Truly, how not to recall the railway launchers of ballistic missiles "Scalpel" of the times of the USSR!

However, if the destruction of "refrigerated trucks" can be explained by the needs of control over the launches of ballistic missiles, then here on a crooked goat you will not drive up. Cruise missiles, "this is a means of coastal defense" - period!

It goes without saying that during an attack, air defense systems are first of all suppressed, and then coastal defense is blown to smithereens. But there is nothing to spread here - hundreds, or even thousands and even tens of thousands of false targets (ordinary containers, which someone aptly called "the erythrocytes of world trade") simply will not allow any fluff or ashes.

This will force aircraft carriers to stay away from the coast, thereby limiting the range of aircraft from them - this time. If it comes to the landing, then some of the containers can "open" and send the landing ships to the bottom - that's two. But to hell with them, with the ships - but there is also the landing force, the main striking force and equipment, the losses of which are quickly irreplaceable.

And thirdly, it allows keeping more serious weapons and reserves closer to the coast. After all, we drove off the aircraft carriers, and their ability to influence the coast is greatly reduced.

Of course, it would be nice to hide coastal air defense systems in such containers. Then for sure - the sea borders will be locked. And, of course, trade, trade and trade these systems again. After all, no one is forbidden to defend themselves.

Now let's figure it out - is “Club-K” really as scary as it is painted? I must say that the "Club" family now includes several cruise missiles for various purposes, range and power.

The most powerful of them is the 3M-54KE anti-ship cruise, based on the Granat missile, designed specifically for strikes against aircraft carriers. Its flight takes place at a speed of 0.8 M (0.8 speed of sound). When approaching the target, it is separated from the main engine and accelerates to Mach 3 - over 1 km / s - at a flight altitude of 5–10 m. The high-penetrating warhead contains 200 kg of explosives. The range of the missile is 300 km.

Anti-ship cruise missiles ZM-54KE and ZM-54KE1 have a similar basic configuration. They are made according to the normal winged aerodynamic configuration with a drop-down trapezoidal wing. The main difference between these missiles is the number of stages.

The ZM-54KE rocket has three stages: a solid-propellant launch stage, a sustainer stage with a liquid-propellant jet engine, and a third solid-propellant stage. The ZM54KE rocket can be launched from the ZS-14NE universal vertical or inclined launchers of a surface ship or a standard 533 mm submarine torpedo tube.

The start is provided by the first solid fuel stage. After gaining altitude and speed, the first stage is separated, the ventral air intake is extended, the main turbojet engine of the second stage is launched and the wing is opened. The missile's flight altitude is reduced to 20 m above sea level, and the missile flies towards the target according to the target designation data entered into the memory of its on-board control system prior to launch.

On the cruising section, the rocket has a subsonic flight speed of 180-240 m / s, respectively, a long range. Target guidance is provided by the onboard inertial navigation system. At a distance of 30-40 km from the target, the rocket makes a "slide" with the inclusion of an active radar homing head ARGS-54E.

ARGS-54E detects and selects surface targets (selects the most important ones) at a distance of up to 65 km. The missile is guided in the sector of angles in azimuth of -45 °, and in the vertical plane in the sector from -20 ° to + 10 °. Weight of ARGS-54E without body and fairing is not more than 40 kg, and length is 700 mm.

After the detection and capture of the target by the homing head of the ZM54KE rocket, the second subsonic stage is separated and the third solid-propellant stage begins to operate, developing a supersonic speed of up to 1000 m / s. In the final flight segment, 20 km long, the rocket descends to a height of 10 m above the water.

At a supersonic speed of the rocket over the wave crests in the final section, the probability of intercepting the rocket is small. Nevertheless, in order to completely eliminate the probability of intercepting the ZM-54KE missile by means of target air defense, the on-board missile control system can choose the optimal route to enter the attacked ship. In addition, when attacking large surface targets, a salvo launch of several missiles can be carried out, which will reach the target from different directions.

The subsonic cruising speed of the rocket allows it to have a minimum fuel consumption per kilometer of the path, and the supersonic speed should ensure low vulnerability to anti-aircraft weapons of the near self-defense of the enemy ship.

The main difference between the ZM-54KE1 cruise missile and the ZM-54KE missile is the absence of a third solid-propellant stage. Thus, the ZM-54KE1 rocket has only a subsonic flight mode. The ZM-54KE1 missile is almost 2 meters shorter than the ZM-54KE. This is done in order to be able to stir it on small displacement ships and on submarines with short torpedo tubes manufactured in NATO countries.

But the ZM-54KE1 rocket has almost twice the warhead (400 kg). The flight of the ZM-54KE1 rocket proceeds in the same way as that of the ZM-54KE, but without acceleration in the final section.

The cruise missile ZM-14KE in terms of its structure and tactical and technical data hardly differs from the ZM-54KE1 missile. The difference is that the ZM14KE missile is designed to engage ground targets and has a slightly different control system. In particular, its control system includes a baral altimeter, which ensures greater stealth of flight over land due to accurate altitude control in the terrain enveloping mode, as well as a satellite navigation system that contributes to high guidance accuracy.

As for the new Kh-35UE cruise missile, we will consider it a little later in a separate article.

It should be noted that a number of significant technical factors are bypassed in Western media publications. For example, "Club-K" is positioned by its manufacturer - JSC "Concern" Morinformsystem-Agat "- as a universal launch module, which houses a lifting launcher for four missiles. But in order to bring the Club-K complex into a combat state and launch missiles, two more of the same 40-foot containers are required, in which the Combat Control Module and the Power Supply and Life Support Module are located.

These two modules provide:
- daily maintenance and routine checks of missiles;
- Reception of target designation and commands to perform firing via satellite;
- calculation of the initial shooting data;
- Carrying out prelaunch preparation;
- development of a flight mission and launch of cruise missiles.

It is clear that this requires a trained combat crew, a centralized command post, satellite navigation and communications. It is unlikely that this is available to terrorists, even if they are from Hezbollah. They do not have their own satellites, "Club-K", of course, is tied to the Russian space group and the corresponding control.

The real purpose of the "Club-K" container complex is to arm mobilized civilian ships during a threatened period. In the event of a possible aggression, the coastal state can quickly acquire a small fleet designed to deal with a potential adversary's naval strike group.

The same containers located on the coast will protect it from approaching landing craft. That is, it is a very effective defense weapon. At the same time, it is very cheap - about 15 million dollars for a basic complex (three containers, 4 missiles). This is an order of magnitude lower than the cost of a frigate or corvette, which are usually used to defend the coastline.

"Club-K" is capable of replacing the fleet and naval aviation. For poor countries with a long coastline, this is a serious alternative to the purchase of expensive equipment in operation, which is usually purchased in Western Europe. Spanish frigates, German submarines, French missile systems, Italian helicopters and other weapons, components for which are manufactured in a dozen countries, may lose a hefty sector of the market.

/ Based on materials from warcyb.org.ru, ru.wikipedia.org and i-korotchenko.livejournal.com/