RS-24 Yars TEL 15U175M

 

SS-X-30 SARMAT - RS-28 Sarmat

SS-X-30 SARMAT - RS-28 Sarmat
complex 15P128 or 15P228, missile 15A28

upd.11/09/2020

Heavy liquide intercontinental ballistic missile - missile for replacement of the RS-20 / R-36 / SS-18 SATAN ICBMs. 

Launch tube with ejection-test version of ICBM RS-28 Sarmat (test-site Plesetsk before launch 27.12.2017, http://mil.ru)

Developers:

- Makeev GRTs (State Rocket Center, Miass, the lead developer)

- NPO Mashinostroyenia (Reutov)

- NPO Energomash (engines)

- KBSM (launch equipment)

Some of reserchers had idea about possibility of cooperation with Yuzhnoye Design Bureau (Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine) - it was possible before 2014.

Developing: first information about development of Sarmat was published at 2009. The terms of reference for the development of ICBMs was approved in 2011 and the technical development for the "Sarmat" was begin in 2012.

Tests: first ICBM Sarmat for ejection tests was ready from industry at november 2015 but with several different reasons first launch was delayed to 2017 - engines, truobles with pant, not ready test-site. Media wrote in 2017 that to the end of year plant must build three missiles for ejection tests.   

Launchs list of Sarmat missile:

01-ejection - First ejection test (one of three) - mod. RS-28 Sarmat for ejection tests - test-site Plesetsk Yubileynaya site (silo) - 27.12.2017

history of plans (special feature of russian planning):

june 2015 (early 2015)
autumn 2015 (26.06.2015)

17-31.12.2015 (16.12.2015)

march 2016 (january 2016)

april-june 2016 (20.02.2016)

second half 2016 (11.05.2016)

march-april 2017 (13.01.2017)

end of june 2017 (01.04.2017)

october-december 2017 (october 2017)

02-ejection - Second ejection test (two of three) - mod. RS-28 Sarmat for ejection tests - test-site Plesetsk Yubileynaya site (silo) - 29.03.2018

03-ejection - Third ejection test (three of three) - mod. RS-28 Sarmat for ejection tests - test-site Plesetsk Yubileynaya site (silo) - may 2018 (ref).

01 - First flight test - real RS-28 mod. - test-site Plesetsk Yubileynaya site (silo) - not now (august 2020)

history of plans (special feature of russian planning):

first half 2016 (2015)

second half 2016 (20.02.2016 г.)

forecast - 2017-2018 (12.05.2016 г.)

forecast - 2018 (07.09.2016)

forecast - 2019-2020 (2018) 

forecast - end of 2020 (2020)

Yubileynaya test-site at Plesetsk with process of loading Sarmat at his silo

Production of Sarmat missiles was established at main plant of Makeev produce cooperation - Krasnoyarsk Machinebuilding Plant. Contract to produce firsts Sarmats was begin in 2011. And in 2014 production was begin.

Employment of Sarmat ICBM will begin at 2021 at Uzhur (Krasnoyarsk region) RVSN division (as we know now at 2020) and later at Dombarovsky. But in 2015 they said about employment in 2018. My forecast for now - 2023-2025. 

19.11.2019 Ru MoD said that all works for emplayment will be finished at 2021 (ref).

Launch equipment: silo launch complex 15P728 similar to silo compexes for heavy ICBMs like R-36M / R-36M2 SATAN. Developer - KBSM.

Transportation-loading vehicle 15T526. Developer - KB Motor TsENKI.

Upper part of transport-launch tube of Sarmat ICBM

Reloading ICBM Sarmat from train to transportation vehicle 

Transportation-loading vehicle 15T526

Missile 15A28 Sarmat
Three stages missile with liquide engines. At first stage used engine similar to 15D285 for SATAN ICBM. Similar liquide engines used at second and third stages.

Guidance: autonomic inertial guidance system with most modern hyroscop system.

Technical data of Sarmat missle:

Length - 32 m

Diameter - 3 m

Start weight - 200 000 kg

Payload weight - 10 000 kg (with upper stage for MIRV/MARV)

Range - 11 000 km

CEP - 100-150 m

Payload:

1. 10-15 MIRV's with several devices of anti-ABM complex

2. 3-5 MARV like object 4202 / 15Yu71

First ejection launch of Sarmat missile at Plesetsk, 27.12.2017.

Second ejection launch of Sarmat ICBM, Plesetsk, 29.03.2018

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Russian ICBM staff (2020)

 Russian ICBM staff (2020)

Estimation staff of russian ICBM at the end of 2020

R-36M2 SATAN - 46 missiles (each 10 middle MIRV)

RS-12M Topol - 27 TEL with missiles (mono RV)

RS-12M1 Topol-M - 18 TEL with missiles (mono RV 1Mt-class)
RS-12M2 Topol-M (silo) - 60 missiles (mono RV 1Mt-class)
RS-24 Yars - 101 TEL with missiles (each 6 light MIRV)
RS-24 Yars (silo) - 18 missiles (each 6 light MIRV)

RS-24 Yars-S - 32 TEL with missiles (each 3 middle MIRV)

UR-100HUTTkH Avangard - 2-3 missiles with type 4202 AGBO

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New video of 9M723 launch (05/08/2020)

 New video of 9M723 launch (05/08/2020)

Russian TV channel Zvezda published at 05.08.2020 new video about training launchs 9K720 Iskander-M of 1th battery of 630th division at Kapustin Yar poligon. At video we can see 2 launchs of 9M723 ballistic missiles, 1 launch of probably Tochka-M missile or cruise missile like 9M728 or 9M729 and Smerch MLRS launchs. I want to post some frames from this video with only 9K720 Iskander-M system.

Separated 630th missiles division at way to launchs site (Kapustin Yar, 2020).

TEL 9P78-1 of 9K720 Iskander-M missile complex

Internal view of battery's command-staff vehicle 9S552 or vehicle for prepare aim information 9S920

Internal view of 9P78-1 TEL of 9K720 Iskander-M complex

9M723 ballistic missile of 9K720 Iskander-M complex

9M723 ballistic missile of 9K720 Iskander-M complex before launch

9M723 ballistic missile of 9K720 Iskander-M complex at first second of launch

Start of 9M723 ballistic missile of 9K720 Iskander-M

Start of 9M723 ballistic missile of 9K720 Iskander-M. You can see extract of bondage

Start of 9M723 ballistic missile of 9K720 Iskander-M

Start of 9M723 ballistic missile of 9K720 Iskander-M

Starts of 9M723 ballistic missile of 9K720 Iskander-M

Interesting moment of launchs of 9M723 - unexpectedly drive maneuver at launch part can change traektory of missiles. 

Special maneuverable drives of 9M723 missile for same correct of traektory.

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Yars designation

First post from new military blog "Missiles Underground". We will write about modern missiles systems - russian and other. But most of russian. And lets begin...

Yars designation

Russian mobie ICBM Yars have several modification

1. First mobile model Yars (Topol-MR) - SS-29 or SS-27 mod.2 SICKLE-B - name of complex 15P155M, name of TEL - 15U175M, missile - 15Zh55M, name for INF-treaty RS-12M2R, auto base is MZKT-79221. Base digits 55M because 55 was base digits for Topol-M / Universal missiles and Yars is MIRV-mod of Topol-M.

2. Second mobile mod. Yars-S with middle-class N-warheads and new equipment - name of complex 15P155M1, name of TEL - 15U175M1, missile - 15Zh55M1, name for INF-treaty RS-12M2R1, autobase is MZKT-79221. 

3. Third mobile mod. Yars-M (not in service on 2020, only tested) - new missile probably with separate engine for each MIRV - name of complex 15P180, name of TEL - 15U200 (?), missile - 15Zh80.

Also they had three silo-mod of Yars with similar warheads ability:

1. Yars - name of complex 15P165M, name of launch system - 15P765M, missile - 15Zh65M, name for INF-treaty RS-12M2R.

2. Yars-S - name of complex 15P165M1, name of launch system - 15P765M1, missile - 15Zh65M1, name for INF-treaty RS-12M2R1.

3. Yars-M - name of complex 15P181, name of launch system - 15P781 (?), missile - 15Zh81.

That's all for now about Yars.

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