Originally Posted by night_owl
If it was a guidance failure and the charge went off that's pretty embarrassing.


At this point the reports are they "crashed" in Iran.

Still no confirmation they detonated.

Actually, these were launched from the Caspian, not the Med, so they crashed WAY short of their target. Engine trouble, gyros, lots of things could of gone wrong.

In the 80-90's it was typically figured that 70-80% of Russian missiles fired would make it to their target. 85% is actually pretty good for the Ruskies.

Last edited by antelope_sniper; 10/08/15.
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