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This article is about the Russian Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. For the Polish-Lithuanian worldview, see Sarmatism.
RS-28 (Sarmat)
TypeHeavy Intercontinental ballistic missile
Place of originRussia
Service history
Used byRussian Strategic Missile Troops
Production history
DesignerMakeyev Rocket Design Bureau
ManufacturerKrasnoyarsk machine-building plant , НПО Энергомаш , НПО маш , KBKhA
Specifications
MassOver 100 tonnes
WarheadUp 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).
Engine4 РД-274 RD-274 first stage Liquid-fueled
PropellantLiquid
Operational
range
approx. 10,000 kilometres (6,200 mi)
Maximum speed over Mach 20 (24,500 km/h; 15,200 mph; 6.81 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

References

  1. ^ "Global Security Newswire - Russia Reportedly Approves Production of New Liquid-Fueled ICBM". nti.org. 1 June 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  2. ^ a b Новую тяжелую ракету "Сармат" будут делать в Красноярске Rossiyskaya Gazeta, 2 Feb 2015.
  3. ^ Перспективная тяжелая МБР РС-28 / ОКР Сармат - SS-X-30 (проект)
  4. ^ "SS-30 ?? / R-X-? Sarmat New Heavy ICBM". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  5. ^ "Russia plans new ICBM to replace Cold War 'Satan' missile". Reuters. 17 Dec 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  6. ^ a b Минобороны рассказало о тяжелой баллистической ракете - неуязвимом для ПРО ответе США
  7. ^ "Sarmat ICBM to be ready by 2020". 25 Feb 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  8. ^ "Russia Fast Tracking "Unique" Missile". The Moscow Times. 1 Jun 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  9. ^ "Russian Program to Build World's Biggest Intercontinental Missile Delayed". The Moscow Times. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  10. ^ Начало испытаний новой ракеты «Сармат» отложено, 26 June 2015.
  11. ^ Ракета "Сармат" взлетит в 2016 году, 16 September 2015.
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