RS-28 Sarmat

RS-28 (Sarmat)
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 , NPO Energomash, NPO Mashinostroyeniya, 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).
Engine First stage: PDU-99 (RD-274 derived)
Propellant Liquid
Operational
range
 approx. 10,000 kilometres (6,200 mi)
Speed over Mach 20.7, 4.3 miles per second, 15,480 miles per hour (24,910 km/h)
Guidance
system
 Inertial guidance, GLONASS, Astrocelestial
Launch
platform
 Silo

The RS-28 Sarmat[2] (Russian: РС-28 Сармат, after the Sarmat Eurasian region; NATO reporting name: SS-X-30 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-36M missile (SS-18 Satan).[4]

Its large payload of about 10 tonnes would allow for up to 10 heavy warheads or 15 lighter ones or up to 24 hypersonic glide vehicles Yu-71/Yu-74,[5][6][7] or a combination of warheads and massive amounts of countermeasures designed to defeat anti-missile systems;[8][9] it was heralded by the Russian military as a response to the U.S. Prompt Global Strike.[10] It is suspected to have a Fractional Orbital Bombardment (FOBS) capability.[4]

In February 2014, a Russian military official announced the Sarmat was expected to be ready for deployment around 2020.[11] 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.[10][12] At the end of June 2015, it was reported that the production schedule for the first prototype of the Sarmat was slipping.[13][14] The RS-28 Sarmat was expected to become operational in 2016.[15] On 10 August 2016, Russia successfully tested the RS-28's first-stage engine named PDU-99 "ПДУ-99".[16] The first image of this new missile was declassified and unveiled in October 2016.[17] In early 2017, prototype missiles had been reportedly built and delivered to Plesetsk for trials but the test program was being delayed to re-check key hardware components before initial launch.[18] Apparently, it will receive the NATO designation SS-30 Satan 2 when operational.

According to the commander of the Russian Strategic Forces, Col. Gen. Sergei Karakayev, the RS-28 Sarmat will be deployed with the 13th Red Banner Rocket Division, 31st Missile Army at Dombarovsky (Orenburg Oblast) and the 62nd Red Banner Rocket Division, 33rd Guards Missile Army at Uzhur (Krasnoyarsk Krai), replacing the previous R-36Ms (SS-18 Satan) currently located there.[4]

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. 1 2 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. 1 2 3 "Sarmatian ICBM & FOBS Reintroduction". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  5. ↑ "Objekt 4202 / Yu-71 / Yu-74". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 6 April 2017.
  6. ↑ http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/680167/Russia-tests-Yu74-hypersonic-nuclear-glider-capable-carrying-24-atomic-warheads
  7. ↑ https://sputniknews.com/politics/201606111041185729-russia-hypersonic-glider/
  8. ↑ "SS-30 ?? / R-X-? Sarmat New Heavy ICBM". globalsecurity.org. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  9. ↑ "Russia plans new ICBM to replace Cold War 'Satan' missile". Reuters. 17 Dec 2013. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  10. 1 2 Минобороны рассказало о тяжелой баллистической ракете – неуязвимом для ПРО ответе США
  11. ↑ "Sarmat ICBM to be ready by 2020". 25 Feb 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  12. ↑ "Russia Fast Tracking "Unique" Missile". The Moscow Times. 1 Jun 2014. Retrieved 17 January 2015.
  13. ↑ "Russian Program to Build World's Biggest Intercontinental Missile Delayed". The Moscow Times. 26 June 2015. Retrieved 27 June 2015.
  14. ↑ Начало испытаний новой ракеты «Сармат» отложено, 26 June 2015.
  15. ↑ Ракета "Сармат" взлетит в 2016 году, 16 September 2015.
  16. ↑ "Испытания тяжелой стратегической ракеты "Сармат" начнутся в ближайшее время.". Interfax. 2016-08-10.
  17. ↑ "Russia unveils first image of prospective ICBM". RT. 2016-10-25.
  18. ↑ "Russia’s Deadliest Nuke Program Faces Delays". The Diplomat. 28 March 2017. Retrieved 5 April 2017.

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