P-800 Oniks [SEP] manufacturer
P-800 Oniks
The P-800 Oniks (; ), also known in export markets as Yakhont (; ), is a Soviet / Russian supersonic anti-ship cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a ramjet version of P-80 Zubr. Its GRAU designation is 3M55, the air launched Kh-61 variant also exists. The missile has the NATO reporting codename SS-N-26 "Strobile". Development officially started in 1983, and in the 1990s the anti-ship missile was tested on the Project 1234.7 ship. In 2002 the missile passed the whole
Oscar"-class (SSGN) – these carry the P-700 Granit, P-800 Oniks long range anti-ship missile or Kalibr long range land-attack missile.
- "Yasen"-class (SSGN) – equipped with Kalibr and/or P-800 Oniks missiles.
The Whiskey variants and Echo I cruise missile submarines deployed with a nuclear land attack version of the P-5 Pyatyorka (SS-N-3 Shaddock) from the late 1950s to 1964, concurrently with the US Regulus force, until the strategic land attack mission was transferred entirely to the SSBN force. Along