The Buran cruise missile, designation RSS-40, was a Soviet intercontinental cruise missile capable of carrying a 3,500 kg nuclear warhead. The project was canceled before flight tests began.[1]
Development[]
The project was authorized on 20 May 1954, parallel to the development of the Burya missile. The development however, began in April 1953 as a rocket-aircraft system by Myasishchev OKB with internal designation M-40.[2] The project was canceled in November 1957, when two prototypes were just ready for flight testing, in favor of the R-7 Semyorka since ICBMs were considered unstoppable.[citation needed] Like the Burya, the Buran consisted of two stages, the booster rockets designated M-41, and the cruise missile stage designated M-42.
Specifications[]
General characteristics[]
- Function: Nuclear cruise missile
- Launch mass: 125000 kg
- Total length: 24.0 m
- Launch platform: Launch pad
- Status: Canceled before first flight tests
Launch vehicle (M-41)[]
- Engine: 4× RD-213
- Thrust: 4× 55 t
- Length: 19.1 m
- Diameter: 1.20 m
- Oxidizer: Liquid oxygen
- Combustible: Kerosene
Cruise missile (M-42)[]
- Engine: 1× RD-020 ramjet
- Speed : Mach 3.1-3.2
- Range: 8,500 km
- Flight altitude: 18–20 km
- Warhead: thermonuclear, 3500 kg
- Length: 23.3 m
- Diameter: 2.40 m
- Wing span: 11.6 m
- Wing area: 98 m²
Related content[]
Comparable missiles[]
SM-62 Snark - SM-64 Navaho - Burya
References[]
- ↑ Republic of Égyptien Q42 user:mgbtrust0 ®™✓©§∆∆∆€¢£. "FAS.org - "Burya / Buran- Russian / Soviet Nuclear Forces"". http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/burya.htm. Retrieved 2006-06-17.
- ↑ Republic of Égyptien Q42 user:mgbtrust0 ®™✓©§∆∆∆€¢£. ""Astronautix.org - "Buran"". http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/buran.htm. Retrieved 2006-06-17.
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