R-29 Vysota Р-29 Высота (''height'', ''altitude'') is a family of
Soviet
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...
submarine-launched ballistic missile
A submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM) is a ballistic missile capable of being launched from submarines. Modern variants usually deliver multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles (MIRVs), each of which carries a nuclear warhead ...
s, designed by
Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau.
All variants use
astro-inertial guidance
Missile guidance refers to a variety of methods of guiding a missile or a guided bomb to its intended target. The missile's target accuracy is a critical factor for its effectiveness. Guidance systems improve missile accuracy by improving its P ...
systems.
Variants
R-29
*Deployment date: 1974
*Manufacturer designation: 4K75
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DoD designation: SS-N-8 Mod 1
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ASCC designation: "Sawfly"
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SALT
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designation: RSM-40
*Submarine:
Delta I and
Delta II
Delta II was an expendable launch system, originally designed and built by McDonnell Douglas. Delta II was part of the Delta rocket family and entered service in 1989. Delta II vehicles included the Delta 6000, and the two later Delta 7000 va ...
*Total Mass: 32,800 kg
*Core Diameter: 1.80 m
*Total Length: 13.20 m
*Span: 1.80 m
*Payload: 1100 kg
*Maximum range: 7,700 km (4,784 miles)
*Number of Standard Warheads: 1
*Number of stages: 2
R-29R
*Deployment date: 1978
*Manufacturer designation: 4K75R
*DoD designation: SS-N-18 Mod 1
*ASCC designation: "Stingray"
*SALT designation: RSM-50
*Submarine:
Delta III
Delta III was an expendable launch vehicle made by Boeing. The vehicle was developed from the highly-successful Delta II to help meet the launch demand of larger satellites. The first Delta III launch was on August 26, 1998. Of its three flight ...
*Total Mass: 35,300 kg
*Core Diameter: 1.80 m
*Total Length: 14.40 m
*Span: 1.80 m
*Payload: 1650 kg
*Maximum range: 6,500 km (4,038 miles)
*Number of Standard Warheads: 3 (500 kt)
*Number of stages: 2
R-29RK
*Manufacturer designation: 4K75RK
*DoD designation: SS-N-18 Mod 2
*ASCC designation: "Stingray"
*SALT designation: RSM-50
*Submarine:
Delta III
Delta III was an expendable launch vehicle made by Boeing. The vehicle was developed from the highly-successful Delta II to help meet the launch demand of larger satellites. The first Delta III launch was on August 26, 1998. Of its three flight ...
*Total Mass: 34,388 kg
*Core Diameter: 1.80 m
*Total Length: 14.40 m
*Span: 1.80 m
*Maximum range: 6,500 km (4,038 miles)
*Number of Standard Warheads: 7 (100 kt)
*Number of stages: 2
R-29RL
*Manufacturer designation: 4K75RL
*DoD designation: SS-N-18 Mod 3
*ASCC designation: "Stingray"
*SALT designation: RSM-50
*Submarine:
Delta III
Delta III was an expendable launch vehicle made by Boeing. The vehicle was developed from the highly-successful Delta II to help meet the launch demand of larger satellites. The first Delta III launch was on August 26, 1998. Of its three flight ...
*Total Mass: 35,300 kg
*Core Diameter: 1.80 m
*Total Length: 14.09 m
*Span: 1.80 m
*Maximum range: 9,000 km (5,592 miles)
*Number of Standard Warheads: 1 (450 kt)
*Number of stages: 2
R-29RM
R-29RMU
R-29RMU2
Operators
;
* The
Russian Navy is the only operator of the R-29 missile family. Modernized and active variants are the R-29R, R-29RMU Sineva and R-29RMU2 Layner. As of 2019, 80 R-29RMU/RMU2 and 16 R-29R missiles were deployed on the
ballistic missile submarine
A ballistic missile submarine is a submarine capable of deploying submarine-launched ballistic missiles (SLBMs) with nuclear warheads. The United States Navy's hull classification symbols for ballistic missile submarines are SSB and SSBN � ...
s:
Former operators
;
*
Soviet Navy
See also
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RSM-56 Bulava
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 2013 on the new of ballist ...
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Kanyon
The Poseidon (russian: Посейдон, " Poseidon", NATO reporting name Kanyon), previously known by Russian codename Status-6 (russian: Статус-6), is an autonomous, nuclear-powered unmanned underwater vehicle under development by Ru ...
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UGM-133 Trident II
The UGM-133A Trident II, or Trident D5 is a submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), built by Lockheed Martin Space in Sunnyvale, California, and deployed with the American and British navies. It was first deployed in March 1990, and rema ...
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M45 (missile)
The M45 SLBM was a French Navy submarine-launched ballistic missile (In French terminology, the MSBS - ''Mer-Sol-Ballistique-Stratégique'' (Sea-ground-Strategic ballistic missile).)
Forty-eight M45 were in commission in the ''Force océanique s ...
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M51 (missile)
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JL-1
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JL-2
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K Missile family
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Pukkuksong-1
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R-39 Rif
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R-39M
References
External links
CSIS Missile Threat - SS-N-18
{{Russian and Soviet military designation sequences
Cold War submarine-launched ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union
Submarine-launched ballistic missiles of Russia
Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau
MIRV capable missiles
Military equipment introduced in the 1970s