{"id":30006,"date":"2025-02-09T11:56:23","date_gmt":"2025-02-09T06:26:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=30006"},"modified":"2025-04-09T12:35:03","modified_gmt":"2025-04-09T07:05:03","slug":"klub-s-missile-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/klub-s-missile-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Klub-S Missile System"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Klub-S Missile System Latest News<\/h2>\n<p>India recently reached an agreement with Russia to acquire the Klub-S missile system, aimed at enhancing the operational capabilities of the Indian Navy&#8217;s submarine fleet.<\/p>\n<h2>About Klub-S Missile System<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Developed by Russian <\/strong>defense company NPO Novator, the Klub, <strong>also known as Kalibr<\/strong>, is a <strong>cruise missile i<\/strong>nducted into Moscow&#8217;s defense forces in 1994.<\/li>\n<li>The Klub-S missiles have a <strong>warhead payload of 400 kilograms <\/strong>and are capable of <strong>targeting surface ships, submarines, and ground targets up to 300 kilometers away.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>This system includes a fire control system, a vertical launcher unit (VLU), and ammunition.<\/li>\n<li>It is known for its excellent performance in dangerous combat zones.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>It is designed for use in situations where the enemy is engaged in heavy firing and electronic warfare is at its peak.<\/li>\n<li>It can accelerate to <strong>supersonic speeds in the terminal phase<\/strong>, making it difficult for enemy defenses to intercept.<\/li>\n<li>It cruises at an altitude of 10-15 meters, reducing the reaction time for enemy defenses. It has a modular design, and it shares common parts with other variants in the Kalibr family.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Klub-S Missile System FAQs<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Q1<\/strong>. What is the range of the Klub-S missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. The Klub-S missile has a range of 300 kilometers.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q2<\/strong>. What is a Cruise Missile?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. A cruise missile is a guided missile designed to travel long distances at low altitudes, typically powered by a jet engine.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Q3<\/strong>. What is supersonic speed?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Ans<\/strong>. Supersonic speed refers to any object traveling faster than the speed of sound.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source<\/strong>: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-in\/news\/other\/india-russia-deal-for-klub-s-anti-ship-cruise-missile-a-game-changer-for-navy-s-submarine-warfare\/ar-AA1ytiCf?ocid=BingNewsSerp&amp;apiversion=v2&amp;noservercache=1&amp;domshim=1&amp;renderwebcomponents=1&amp;wcseo=1&amp;batchservertelemetry=1&amp;noservertelemetry=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">MSN<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Klub, also known as Kalibr, is a cruise missile developed by Russian defense company NPO Novator.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":30007,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-30006","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30006","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30006"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30006\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/30007"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30006"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30006"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30006"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}