SS-N-26 (Strobile) Russian Short-Range Anti-Ship Cruise Missile
SS-N-26


The SS-N-26 Strobile was first developed in 1993 by NPO Mashinostroyenia. In 1999, they developed the ground-launched export version, the Yakhont, and an air-launched version, the Yakhont-M. A sub-launched version has been developed to be fitted to Yasen-class attack submarines, and the Bastion-P and Bastion-S launch systems have since been developed. The Strobile was first deployed in 2002 on Russia’s Nakat-class missile ship. Though originally designed to be an anti-ship missile, the Bastion missile launch systems were first deployed in 2015 with the Russian Army and the missiles were used in a surface to surface role. In 1988, Russia and India collaborated on a joint venture called Brahmos Aerospace Ltd, which produced the Brahmos missile, a supersonic cruise missile based on the Yakhont.