RSM-56 Bulava
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submarine-launched ballistic missile for the Russian Navy
Key facts
- Type
- SLBM
- Place of origin
- Russia
- In service
- 2018–present
- Used by
- Russian Navy
- Designer
- Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
- Manufacturer
- Votkinsk Plant State Production Association
- Unit cost
- $32.2 million (2012)
- 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 × 150 kt MIRVs
- Engine
- Three stage solid and liquid head stage
- Payload capacity
- 1150 kg
- Propellant
- Solid propellant and liquid fuel
- Operational range
- 8,300 km ≥ 9,300, 10,000km
- Guidance system
- Inertial guidance , possibly with Astro-inertial guidance and/or GLONASS update
- Accuracy
- 250-300 m CEP
- Launch platform
- Borei-class submarines , Typhoon-class submarine Dmitri Donskoi (as a testbed )
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Wikidata facts
- Subclass of
- submarine-launched ballistic missile
- Named after
- Bulawa
- Operator
- Russian Navy
- Country of origin
- Russia
- Manufacturer
- Votkinsk Machine Building Plant
- Designed by
- Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
- Image
- Bulava SLBM launched by Yuri Dolgoruky submarine (cropped).jpg
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- guidance system
- celestial navigation
- service entry
- 2013-01-10
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Encyclopedic overview
The RSM-56 Bulava (Russian: Булава, lit. "mace", NATO reporting names SS-N-30 / SS-NX-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.
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. The Project 955/955A Borei-class submarines carry 16 missiles per vessel.
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