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 | 10-24 MIRVs[1] (various type and yield; At the maximum reported throw-weight of up 10,000kg, the missile could deliver a 50 Mt charge (the maximum theoretical yield-to-weight ratio is about 6 megatons of TNT per metric ton, and the maximum achieved ratio was apparently 5.2 megatons of TNT per metric ton in B/Mk-41). |
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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 6.7, 4.3 miles per second, 15480 mph |
Guidance system | Inertial guidance, GLONASS, Astrocelestial |
Launch platform | Silo |
The RS-28 Sarmat[2] (Russian: РС-28 Сармат; NATO reporting name: SATAN 2), is a 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 R-36 missile. Its large payload would allow for up to 10 heavy warheads or 15 lighter ones or up to 24 hypersonic glide vehicles Yu-71,[4][5] or a combination of warheads and massive amounts of countermeasures designed to defeat anti-missile systems;[6][7] it was heralded by the Russian military as a response to the U.S. Prompt Global Strike.[8]
In February 2014, a Russian military official announced the Sarmat was expected to be ready for deployment around 2020.[9] 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.[8][10] At the end of June 2015, it was reported that the production schedule for the first prototype of the Sarmat was slipping.[11][12] The RS-28 Sarmat is expected to become operational in 2016.[13]
On 10 August 2016, Russia successfully tested the RS-28's first-stage engine named PDU-99 "ПДУ-99".[14] The first image of this new missile was declassified and unveiled in October 2016.[15]
See also
- Minuteman III - US Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- UGM-133 Trident II (D5LE) - US Submarine launched ballistic missile.
- B61 Mod 12 - US variable yield nuclear bomb.
- 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
- K-15 Sagarika
- K-4
- Status-6 - Russian heavy nuclear stealth torpedo .
- WU-14 - Chinese hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV)
- Yu-71 - Russian hypersonic glide vehicle (HGV)
- Advanced Hypersonic Weapon (AHW)
- Hypersonic Technology Vehicle 2 (HTV-2)
- M51 (missile)
- ICBM
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)
- ↑ http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/680167/Russia-tests-Yu74-hypersonic-nuclear-glider-capable-carrying-24-atomic-warheads
- ↑ https://sputniknews.com/politics/201606111041185729-russia-hypersonic-glider/
- ↑ "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.
- ↑ "Испытания тяжелой стратегической ракеты "Сармат" начнутся в ближайшее время.". Interfax. 2016-08-10.
- ↑ "Russia unveils first image of prospective ICBM". RT. 2016-10-25.