R-29RM Shtil
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The R-29RM (, NATO reporting name SS-N-23 Skiff) was a liquid propellant, submarine-launched ballistic missile in use by the Russian Navy. It had the alternate Russian designations RSM-54 and GRAU index 3M27. It was designed to be launched from the Delta IV submarine, each of which is capable of carrying 16 missiles. The R-29RM could carry four 100 kiloton warheads and had a range of about . They were replaced with the newer R-29RMU2 Sineva and later with the enhanced variant R-29RMU2.1 Layner.
Key facts
- Weapon.is_missile
- yes
- Weapon.name
- R-29RM / RSM-54
- Weapon.type
- SLBM
- Weapon.filling
- The payload (2800 kg) was capable of carrying ten 100 kT yield MIRV warheads, though only a four MIRV warhead version entered production.
- Weapon.yield
- 200 kt each
- Weapon.engine
- Three-stage liquid fueled stages using N2O4/UDMH propellant
- Weapon.guidance
- Astroinertial
- Weapon.accuracy
- CEP 500 metres
- Weapon.length
- 14.8 metres
- Weapon.diameter
- 1.9 m
- Weapon.weight
- 40.3 tonnes
- Weapon.payload_capacity
- 2800 kg
- Weapon.designer
- Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau
- Weapon.manufacturer
- Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant
- Weapon.service
- 1986–2010
- Weapon.used_by
- Soviet NavyRussian Navy
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Encyclopedic overview
10 sectionsContents
- History
- Development
- Operation Behemoth
- Space launch vehicle
- End of service
- Operators
- Former operators
- See also
- References
- External links
The R-29RM (, NATO reporting name SS-N-23 Skiff) was a liquid propellant, submarine-launched ballistic missile in use by the Russian Navy. It had the alternate Russian designations RSM-54 and GRAU index 3M27. It was designed to be launched from the Delta IV submarine, each of which is capable of carrying 16 missiles. The R-29RM could carry four 100 kiloton warheads and had a range of about . They were replaced with the newer R-29RMU2 Sineva and later with the enhanced variant R-29RMU2.1 Layner.
==History== ===Development=== Development of the R-29RM started in 1979 at the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau. The navy accepted the armament in 1986 and subsequently installed the D-9RM launch system consisting of a cluster of 16 R-29RM on board the nuclear-propelled Project 667BDRM submarines.
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