RS-26 Rubezh
| RS-26 Rubezh | |
|---|---|
| Type | Intercontinental ballistic missile |
| Place of origin | Russia |
| Service history | |
| Used by | Russian Strategic Missile Troops |
| Production history | |
| Designer | Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology |
| Specifications | |
| Mass | 20 to 50 Ton , up to 80 Ton max |
| Length | 12 19 to 26 30 m |
| Diameter | < 2,6 m |
| Warhead | 4x each 300 Kt MIRVs or with various numbers types yield, single to up to 12 or 16 MARV, HGV other, yield 100 kt to < 900 kt (up to 8 can be each <5Mt or single > 25 Mt warhead) |
| Engine | Solid-fueled (last stage or warhead block can have liquid) |
| Propellant | solid , third or fourth (warhead block) can be liquid |
Operational range | within 6000 km to max 12600 km |
| Maximum speed | over Mach 20 (24,500 km/h; 15,200 mph; 6.81 km/s) |
Guidance system | Inertial with Glonass |
Launch platform | Road-mobile TEL |
The RS-26 Rubezh РС-26 Рубеж (also known or within the programs Avangard Авангард) SS-X-31, is a Russian solid-fueled, MIRV-equipped (or MARV maneuverable re-entry vehicles to bypass anti-ballistic missiles or hypersonic Prompt Global Strike-type weapons), thermonuclear intercontinental ballistic missile[1] with reported hypersonic warheads[2] in advanced stages of development as of early 2015, based on the previous RS-24 Yars. After an initial failure in 2011, it was first test-launched successfully from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on May 26, 2012,[3][4] hitting its target at the Kura Range 6,000 km away minutes later. Further successful tests were performed from Kapustin Yar to Sary Shagan on October 24, 2012,[5][6] and June 6, 2013.[7] According to the commander of the Russian Strategic Missile Forces, Colonel-General Sergei Karakayev, the RS-26 Rubezh is expected to become operational in 2016.[8]
See also
- Comparison of ICBMs
- Minuteman III - US Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
- RS-24 Yars - Russian intercontinental ballistic missile
- RS-28 Sarmat - Russian heavy intercontinental ballistic missile, replacement for R-36M SS-18
- R-29RMU2 Layner - Russian submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile based on R-29RMU Sineva
- RSM-56 Bulava - Russian submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile
References
- ^ "RS-26 Rubezh / Avangard - Road Mobile ICBM". Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Russia's hypersonic trump card edges closer to reality". 23 Oct 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Russia tests secret missile after Nato shield launched". BBC. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Russia tests prototype of a new ICBM". russianforces.org. 23 May 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Russia to create new missiles to compete with U.S." Missile Threat. 9 January 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "New ICBM tested in Kapustin Yar". 24 Oct 2012. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Russia continues tests of new ICBM, named Rubezh". 6 Jun 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
- ^ "Russia's New Ballistic Missile Can Become Operational in 2016". 29 Dec 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.