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P-800 Yakhont

Short-range anti-ship cruise missileFielded 2002Pending verification
Missile ForcesRUS
P-800 Yakhont
Photo: Boevaya mashina · CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
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System
TypeShort-range anti-ship cruise missile
Date of introduction2002
ProliferationAt least 5 countries
ManufacturerNPO MashinostroyeniyaMed[1]
Guidancemidcourse inertial guidance, active radar homing-passive radar seeker headMed[1]
Accuracy (CEP)1.5 mMed[1]
Basingcoastal installations, naval ships, Fixed-wing aircraftMed[1]
Flight performance
PropulsionRamjet 4 tons of thrust; kerosene liquid fuelMed[1]
Payload and range
Warheadnational ver. 300 kg semi-armour piercing HE, thermonuclear; for export 200 kg semi-armour piercing HEMed[1]
Variants
3M55 OniksBase version for Russia.[1]
P-800 YakhontExport version of Oniks.[1]
P-800 BolidSubmarine-launched version of Yakhont.[1]
BrahmosCo-developed by Russia and India, based on Oniks, produced by BrahMos Aerospace Private Limited in India. BrahMos-II, a hypersonic version is also being developed.[1]
Bastion-PCoast mobile missile system. Officially it entered service in 2015.[1]
Kh-61Air launched air to surface version.[1]
Oniks-Mversion of Oniks with improved range (up to 800 km), accuracy and ECCM capabilities[1]
Summary

P-800 Yakhont – Export version of Oniks. The P-800 Oniks (Russian: П-800 Оникс; English: Onyx), also known in export markets as Yakhont (Russian: Яхонт; English: ruby), is a Soviet / Russian supersonic anti-ship cruise missile developed by NPO Mashinostroyeniya as a ramjet version of P-80 Zubr.

Draft entry. Values come from the cited public sources and are awaiting editor verification.
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Operators
IndonesiaRussiaSyriaVietnam
Sources
  1. P-800 Yakhont Russian Short-Range Anti-Ship Cruise Missile, U.S. Army TRADOC G-2 Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN)
    Published/updated 2026-03-20 · Tier 1 · checked 2026-10-10
Change log
  • 2026-10-10 Entry created from the Worldwide Equipment Guide (ODIN), bulk import
  • 2026-10-10 Added photo (CC BY-SA 4.0)