Support Equipment

USPU-360MC launcher

Also known as
  • USPU-360
  • USPU-360MC
  • USPU-360MC TEL
  • Neptune TEL
  • Neptune mobile launcher

The USPU-360MC is the mobile launcher element of Ukraine's RK-360MC Neptune coastal missile complex. State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch describes it as the self-propelled launcher that transports four RK-360 rounds, prepares them for firing, and launches R-360 missiles as part of a distributed coastal-defense battery.

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Specifications

Launcher load
Four RK-360 missile containers
Launched missile
R-360 Neptune
System role
Self-propelled launcher for storing, transporting, preparing, and launching RK-360 rounds
Battery context
Luch brochure lists four USPU-360MC launchers in the documented 360MC complex set
Deployment time
Up to 15 minutes to deploy the complex at a new position
Communications
Satellite, HF, and VHF communications listed by Luch
Launched Missiles

The launcher is documented as the firing vehicle inside the 360MC Neptune coastal missile complex.

Launched itemItem typeLaunch evidence
R-360 Neptune / Long Neptune, Truck-launched anti-ship and land-attack cruise missile, ArtilleryR-360 Neptune / Long NeptuneAnti-ship and land-attack cruise missile family

Luch identifies the USPU-360MC as the self-propelled launcher that stores, transports, prepares, and launches RK-360 / R-360 Neptune missiles.

Sources: 360MC Neptune Missile System

Related Weapon Systems
Harpoon, Anti-ship cruise missile family, MunitionsMunitionsHarpoonAnti-ship cruise missile familyHarpoon is a U.S.-origin anti-ship cruise missile family used from aircraft, surface ships, submarines, and coastal launchers. The family combines sea-skimming flight with active radar terminal homing, while later Block II variants add GPS-aided inertial navigation. Cataloged conflict use ranges from Iranian and Saudi naval launches in the late Cold War and Gulf War period to truck-mounted RGM-84 coastal defense missiles supplied for Ukraine's Black Sea defense.
R-360 Neptune / Long Neptune, Truck-launched anti-ship and land-attack cruise missile, ArtilleryArtilleryR-360 Neptune / Long NeptuneTruck-launched anti-ship and land-attack cruise missileThe R-360 Neptune is a Ukrainian truck-launched cruise missile family developed by State Kyiv Design Bureau Luch for coastal anti-ship defense and later adapted for land attack. In the Russia-Ukraine War 2014-present it moved from Black Sea anti-ship strikes, including Moskva, into Ukraine's domestic long-range precision-strike campaign through Neptune-D / Long Neptune variants reported with a 1,000 km reach.

Sources