RSM-56 Bulava
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The RSM-56 Bulava (Russian: Булава, lit. "mace", NATO reporting name SS-NX-30 or SS-N-32, GRAU index 3M30, 3K30) is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) developed for the Russian Navy and deployed in 2019 on the new Borei class of ballistic missile nuclear submarines. It is intended to serve as a crucial component of Russia's nuclear triad.[11] The weapon takes its name from bulava, a Russian word for mace.[12]
RSM-56 Bulava [1] | |
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Type | SLBM |
Place of origin | Russia |
Service history | |
In service | 2018–present[2] |
Used by | Russian Navy |
Production history | |
Designer | Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology |
Manufacturer | Votkinsk Plant State Production Association |
Unit cost | $32.2 million (2012)[3] |
Produced | 2011 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 36.8 t (36.2 long tons; 40.6 short tons) |
Length | 11.5 m (38 ft) (without warhead) 12.1 m (40 ft) (launch container) |
Diameter | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) (missile) 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in) (launch container) |
Warhead | 6-10 × 100-150 kt MIRVs[4][5][6] |
Engine | Three stage solid and liquid head stage |
Payload capacity | 1150 kg |
Propellant | Solid propellant and liquid fuel |
Operational range | 8,300 km[7] ≥ 9,300,[8] 15,000km[9][better source needed] |
Guidance system | Inertial guidance, possibly with Astro-inertial guidance and/or GLONASS update |
Accuracy | classified |
Launch platform | Borei-class submarines Typhoon-class submarine Dmitri Donskoi (as a testbed)[10] |
Designed by Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, development of the missile was launched in the late 1990s as a replacement for the R-39 Rif solid-fuel SLBM.[13] The Project 955/955A Borei-class submarines carry 16 missiles per vessel.
A source in the Russian defense industry told TASS on June 29, 2018, that the D-30 missile system with the R-30 Bulava intercontinental ballistic missile had been accepted for service in the Russian Navy after its successful four-missile salvo launch tests in 2018.[14]