3M8 Talos
A venerable multi-purpose missile, this missile's line had already celebrated it's 50th birthday and, nonetheless, keeps on going.
Originally designed as S-8F anti-air system for the ships, the Talos missile, thanks to its great supersonic performance, long range and powerful warhead, ended up becoming de-facto standard long-range anti-air missile for ground forces as well, before also getting integrated onto some of heavier planes as a stand-off air intercept weapon.
Aside from that, Talos can be - and was - used as a surface-to-surface and air-to-surface weapon as well, its speed and mass allowing it to sink ships even when the warhead fails to detonate.
While the current generation of Talos missiles don't have much in common with the original Talos beyond the general concept of large and heavy ramjet-powered supersonic missile, it's still, generally, kept to the same dimensions to allow for easier logistic operations.
However, nowadays, the S-174F Standard missile line ends up taking some of Talos's roles in ship-based and ground-based air defense, although, nonetheless, it doesn't seem like the Old Finger Of Death will be truly gone anytime soon.
Originally designed as S-8F anti-air system for the ships, the Talos missile, thanks to its great supersonic performance, long range and powerful warhead, ended up becoming de-facto standard long-range anti-air missile for ground forces as well, before also getting integrated onto some of heavier planes as a stand-off air intercept weapon.
Aside from that, Talos can be - and was - used as a surface-to-surface and air-to-surface weapon as well, its speed and mass allowing it to sink ships even when the warhead fails to detonate.
While the current generation of Talos missiles don't have much in common with the original Talos beyond the general concept of large and heavy ramjet-powered supersonic missile, it's still, generally, kept to the same dimensions to allow for easier logistic operations.
However, nowadays, the S-174F Standard missile line ends up taking some of Talos's roles in ship-based and ground-based air defense, although, nonetheless, it doesn't seem like the Old Finger Of Death will be truly gone anytime soon.