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P-700 Granit and the size of heavy anti-ship missiles

A comparison with a school bus leads to P-700 Granit, its seven-ton missile weight, and its conventional or nuclear warhead options.

Question

Which Russian anti-ship missile is compared to throwing a school bus at the target?

Short answer

P-700 Granit, also known as Shipwreck, is the corrected identification. The missile is described as weighing about seven tons.

Notes

The missile identification is corrected from P-500 to P-700 Granit, also called Shipwreck. Granit is described as weighing about seven tons, compared with just under five tons for the P-500. Its conventional warhead is given as 750 kilograms, or 1,653 pounds. A 500-kiloton nuclear warhead is identified as the alternative configuration.