Talk:Pathaan

From The Internet Movie Plane Database
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Missing ...

Page based on the trailer so no guarantee on the completeness of the planes seen on the screen ... Who could give us information on the complete inventory? LVCDC (talk) 10:13, 12 February 2023 (MST)

Medium-Range Missile

Slighty outside IMPDB focus, Missile are flying ... So what is this IRBM (Intermediate-range ballistic missile) ?

PK-52 (or RK-52 if written in cyrillic) ?
Soviet closest design is the raketa sredney dalnosti (RSD) "Pioner" (Medium-Range Missile "Pioneer") alias 15Ж45 (15Zh45) according the GRAU designation (GRAU : Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation). Its NATO reporting name was SS-20 Saber.

Pathaan PK-52.jpg

According Wikipedia 654 missiles were built in total (only for the Soviet Union) and the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty (8 December 1987) led to their destruction on May 1991. Only a handfull demilitarized RSD-10 transporter erector launchers were later acquired by ... North Korea.