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systems.

Variants

R-29

*Deployment date: 1974 *Manufacturer designation: 4K75 * DoD designation: SS-N-8 Mod 1 * ASCC designation: "Sawfly" *

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designation: RSM-40 *Submarine:

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*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:

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*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:

*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:

*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 submarines:

Former operators

; * Soviet Navy

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