USSR Styx Surface-Surface Missile aka P-15 Termit,
designed by Raduga.
This is the Styx, a surface-to-surface, anti-ship missile that became
operational with the former Soviet Navy in 1958. A solid-fuel booster (not
shown here) launched the missile, and a built-in rocket engine sustained
its flight. It had a range of about 26 miles.
The Soviet Union supplied its allies with Styx missiles. An Egyptian Styx
sank the Israeli destroyer Eilat during the Six-Day War in 1967. They were
also used during the Vietnam and Persian Gulf wars and during conflicts
between India and Pakistan. The People's Republic of China produced its own
versions of the Styx. This object was donated to the Smithsonian in 1995 by
the U.S. Air Force.
Photo 151s, Smithsonian Udvar-Hazy Center, May 2013