SS-N-23

Infobox Weapon
is_missile=yes
name = SS-N-23


type = Strategic SLBM
vehicle_range = 8,300km
filling = 4 (tested with 10)
yield = 100 Kt each
engine = three-stage liquid propellant
guidance = Astroinertial
cep = 500 metres
speed =
length = 14.8 metres
diameter = 1.9 m
weight = 40.3 tonnes
payload_capacity = 2800 kg
manufacturer = Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant
unit_cost =
service = 1986–present
used_by = Soviet Union / CISThe SS-N-23 (NATO reporting name: Skiff)is a liquid propellant, submarine-launched ballistic missile in use by Russia. The SS-N-23 was designed for use by the Russian Delta IV submarine, each of which is capable of carrying 16 missiles. It carries four 100kT warhead and has a range of about 8,500 kilometers.

The latest version of the missile, "RSM-54 Sineva", did on the 11 october 2008 cover a distance of 11,547 km in an military exercise in the Barents Sea. Russian President Dmitry Medvedev was on site to the observe the test. [http://en.rian.ru/russia/20081011/117684418.html] [http://russianforces.org/blog/2008/10/sineva_extended_range_launch.shtml]

Operators

;USSR
*Soviet Navy;RUS
*Russian Navy

External links

* [http://www.kapyar.ru/index.php?pg=265]
* [http://www.cdi.org/issues/nukef&f/database/rusnukes.html Russian nuclear delivery systems] at the Center for Defense Information