Russia Ballistic Missiles

By Alexandre Zanfirov

5 Oct 2022 - Added description of Russian Tactical Nuclear Weapons (1 Kt - 2.5 Kt) both missile and artillery systems headed for Ukraine, including nuclear blast yield (blast radius and expected fatalities). LATEST RUMINT: Russia has 1,912 nonstrategic (tactical) warheads. Russian Navy has 935 warheads, Air Force has 500 warheads and Army has the remaining. The last (known) artillery projectiles (3BV3) were produced in 1990 and have a shelf life of 10 years.

16 March 2022 - Added SRBM Decoy Penetration Aids (PENAIDs) used in Ukraine on the 9K720 Iskander-M's solid-fuel 9M723 ballistic missiles.

This book provides a description and drawings of the following Russian missiles:
HYPERSONIC MISSILES
Objekt 4202 ("Avangard" HGV)
SS-N-33 Zirkon (3M-22 Hypersonic Missile)
SA-N-9 Gauntlet (Kh-47M2 "Kinzhal" ALBM)
LAND-BASED BALLISTIC MISSILES
SS-18 Mod 5/6 Satan (R-36M2 "Voevoda" ICBM)
SS-19 Mod 4 Stiletto (UR-100N ICBM)
SS-21 Scarab (OTR-21 "Tochka" SRBM)
SS-24 Scalpel (RT-23 "Molodets" ICBM)
SS-25 Sickle (RT-2PM "Topol" ICBM)
SS-26 Stone (9K720 "Iskander" SRBM)
SS-27 Mod 1 Sickle B (RT-2PM2 "Topol-M" ICBM)
SS-29 (RS-24 "Yars" ICBM)
SS-X-30 Satan-2 (RS-28 "Sarmat" ICBM)
SS-X-31 Saber (RS-26 "Rubezh" ICBM)
SS-X-32Zh Scalpel B (RS-27 "Barguzin" ICBM)
SUBMARINE-LAUNCHED BALLISTIC MISSILES
SS-N-18 Stingray (R-29R "Vysota" SLBM)
SS-N-23 Skiff (R-29RMU2 "Layner" SLBM)
SS-NX-30 (RSM-56 "Bulava" SLBM)
CRUISE MISSILES
SSC-8 (9M729 GLCM)
SSC-X-9 Skyfall (9M730 "Petrel")
SS-N-19 Shipwreck (P-700 "Granit" ASCM)
SS-N-21 Sampson (RK-55 Cruise Missile)
SS-N-26 Strobile (P-800 Oniks 'Yakhont')
SS-N-27 Sizzler (3M54 "Kalibr" ASCM)
SS-N-30A (Land Attack Cruise Missile)
AS-15 Kent (Kh-55 ALCM)
AS-23A / AS-23B Kodiak (Kh-101 / Kh-102 ALCM)

There are a lot of Russian ballistic and we can't show all of them in one book. We also released illustrated books on Russian Surface-to-Air Missiles, Russia Land-Based Electronic Warfare, Russia Combat Submarines, Russia Surface Warships, Russia Military Aircraft, Russian Tanks and Russian Armored Vehicles and MRAPs.

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B089M5529S
• ISBN13: 9798652069674
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 8.5" x 11.0"