RS-28 Sarmat
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| 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; 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 |
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Operational
range |
approx. 10,000 kilometres (6,200 mi) |
| Speed | over Mach 20 (24,500 km/h; 15,200 mph; 6.81 km/s) |
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Guidance
system |
Inertial guidance, GLONASS, Astrocelestial also |
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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
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- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Новую тяжелую ракету "Сармат" будут делать в Красноярске Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 2 Feb 2015.
- ↑ Перспективная тяжелая МБР РС-28 / ОКР Сармат - SS-X-30 (проект)
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- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Минобороны рассказало о тяжелой баллистической ракете - неуязвимом для ПРО ответе США
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- ↑ Начало испытаний новой ракеты «Сармат» отложено, 26 June 2015.
- ↑ Ракета "Сармат" взлетит в 2016 году, 16 September 2015.
