About Moskit cruise missiles:
- It is a supersonic anti-ship cruise missile that has conventional and nuclear warhead capacity
- It has the fastest flying speed among all anti-ship missiles in today's world.
- It reaches Mach 3 at a high altitude and its maximum low-altitude speed is M2.2.
- It is capable of destroying a ship within a range of up to 120 kilometres.
What are cruise missiles?
- A cruise missile either locates its target or has a preset target.
- It navigates using a guidance system such as inertial or beyond visual range satellite GPS guidance and comprises a payload and aircraft propulsion system.
- Cruise missiles can be launched from land, sea or air for land attacks and anti-shipping purposes, and can travel at subsonic, supersonic and hypersonic speeds.
- They stay relatively close to the surface of the earth, cannot be detected easily by anti-missile systems, and are designed to carry large payloads with high precision.
What are Ballistic Missiles?
- Ballistic Missiles are launched directly into the upper layers of the earth’s atmosphere.
- They travel outside the atmosphere, where the warhead detaches from the missile and falls towards a predetermined target.
- They are rocket-propelled self-guided weapons systems which can carry conventional or nuclear munitions. They can be launched from aircraft, ships and submarines, and land.
