VA-111 Shkval - Specifications

Specifications

There are at least three variants:

• VA-111 Shkval - Original variant; GOLIS autonomous inertial guidance.
• "Shkval 2" - Current variant; believed to have additional guidance systems, possibly via the use of vectored thrust, and with much longer range.
• A less capable version currently being exported to various third world navies. The export version is sometimes referred to as "Shkval-E" by Western analysts.
• Iran claimed it has created a version named Hoot.

All current versions are believed to be fitted only with conventional explosive warheads, although the original design used a nuclear warhead.

• Length: 8.2 m
• Diameter: 533 mm
• Weight: 2,700 kg
• Warhead weight: 700 kg
• Speed
  • Launch speed: 50 kn (93 km/h)
  • Maximum speed: 200 kn (370 km/h) or greater
• Range: Around 11 km to 15 km (new version). Older versions could only fire 7 km.