Buran cruise missile

Buran cruise missile

The Buran cruise missile, designation RSS-40, was a Soviet intercontinental cruise missile capable of carrying a 3500 kg nuclear warhead. The project was canceled before flight tests began. [cite web|url=http://www.fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/burya.htm|title=FAS.org - "Burya / Buran- Russian / Soviet Nuclear Forces"|accessdate=2006-06-17]

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 [cite web|url=http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/buran.htm|title="Astronautix.org - "Buran"|accessdate=2006-06-17] . 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 unstoppable. Like the Burya, the Buran consisted of two stages, the booster rockets designated M-41, and the cruise missile stage designated M-42.

pecifications

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

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Comparable missiles

SM-62 Snark - SM-64 Navaho - Burya

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