RS-28 Sarmat
RS-28 (Sarmat) | |
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Type | Heavy Intercontinental ballistic missile |
Place of origin | Russia |
Service history | |
Used by | Russian Strategic Missile Troops |
Production history | |
Designer | Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau |
Manufacturer | Krasnoyarsk machine-building plant , НПО Энергомаш , НПО маш , KBKhA |
Specifications | |
Weight | Over 100 tonnes |
Warhead |
Up to 15 MIRVs[1] (various type and yield , 3 to more will be 9Mt to 40 Mt , a single can be within 40 25 Mt , 4 6 8 - 20 Mt to > 40 Mt each) with extensive counter-BMD measures. |
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Engine | 4 РД-274 RD-274 first stage Liquid-fueled |
Propellant | Liquid |
Operational range | approx. 10,000 kilometres (6,200 mi) |
Speed | over Mach 20 (24,500 km/h; 15,220 mph; 6.806 km/s) |
Guidance system | Inertial guidance, GLONASS, Astrocelestial also |
Launch platform | Silo |
The RS-28[2] РС-28 Сармат (also known as Sarmat, or Sarmatian) SS-X-30 is a future Russian liquid-fueled, MIRV-equipped, super-heavy thermonuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile in development by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau[2] from 2009,[3] intended to replace the previous SS-18 Satan. Its large payload would allow for up to 10 heavy warheads or 15 lighter ones, and/or a combination of warheads and massive amounts of countermeasures designed to defeat anti-missile systems;[4][5] it was heralded by the Russian military as a response to the U.S. Prompt Global Strike.[6]
In February 2014, a Russian military official announced the Sarmat was expected to be ready for deployment around 2020.[7] In May that year another official source suggested that the program was being accelerated and that it would, in his opinion, constitute up to 100 percent of Russia's fixed land-based nuclear arsenal by 2021.[6][8] At the end of June 2015, it was reported that the production schedule for the first prototype of the Sarmat was slipping.[9][10] The RS-28 Sarmat is expected to become operational in 2016.[11]
See also
- Comparison of ICBMs
- Minuteman III - US Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- RS-26 Rubezh - Russian intercontinental Ballistic Missile based on the RS-24 Yars
- R-29RMU2 Layner - Russian submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile based on R-29RMU Sineva
- RSM-56 Bulava - Russian submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile
References
- ↑ "Global Security Newswire - Russia Reportedly Approves Production of New Liquid-Fueled ICBM". nti.org. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- 1 2 Новую тяжелую ракету "Сармат" будут делать в Красноярске Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 2 Feb 2015.
- ↑ Перспективная тяжелая МБР РС-28 / ОКР Сармат - SS-X-30 (проект)
- ↑ "SS-30 ?? / R-X-? Sarmat New Heavy ICBM". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Russia plans new ICBM to replace Cold War 'Satan' missile". Reuters. 17 Dec 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- 1 2 Минобороны рассказало о тяжелой баллистической ракете - неуязвимом для ПРО ответе США
- ↑ "Sarmat ICBM to be ready by 2020". 25 Feb 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Russia Fast Tracking "Unique" Missile". The Moscow Times. 1 Jun 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ↑ "Russian Program to Build World's Biggest Intercontinental Missile Delayed". The Moscow Times. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
- ↑ Начало испытаний новой ракеты «Сармат» отложено, 26 June 2015.
- ↑ Ракета "Сармат" взлетит в 2016 году, 16 September 2015.
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