Simple scheme of an R-27 missile
The R-27 Zyb[1] was a submarine-launched ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union and employed by the Soviet Navy from 1968 through 1988. NATO assigned the missile the reporting name SS-N-6 Serb. In the USSR, it was given the GRAU index 4K10. It was a liquid fuel rocket using a hypergolic combination of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) as fuel, and nitrogen tetroxide (NTO) as oxidizer.[2][3] Between 1974 and 1990, 161 missile launches were conducted, with an average success rate of 93%.[4] Total production was 1800 missiles[5]
The R-27 missiles were deployed on the Yankee I submarines, including the K-219.
Variants[]
R-27[]
- Total Mass: 14.200 kg
- Diameter: 1.50 m
- Total Length: 8.89 m
- Span: 1.50 m
- Payload: 650 kg
- Warhead: single nuclear: 1.0 Mt
- Maximum range: 2400 km
- CEP: 1.9 km
- Launch platform: project 667A submarines
R-27U[]
- Total Mass: 14.200 kg
- Diameter: 1.50 m
- Total Length: 8.89 m
- Span: 1.50 m
- Payload: 650 kg
- Warhead: 3 : 200 kt
- Maximum range: 3,000 km
- CEP: 1.3 km
- Launch platform: project 667AU submarines
R-27K[]
The 4K18 was a Soviet intermediate-range ballistic anti-ship missile (also known as R-27K, where "K" stands for Korabelnaya which means "ship-related") NATO SS-NX-13. The missile was a two stage development of the single stage R-27, the second stage containing the warhead as well as propulsion and terminal guidance.[6] Initial submarine testing began on 9 December 1972 on board the K-102, a project 605 class submarine, a modified Project 629/ NATO Golf class lengthened 17.1m (formerly B-121), to accommodate four launch tubes as well as the Rekord-2 fire control system, the Kasatka B-605 Target acquisition system and various improvements to the navigation and communications systems. Initial trials ended on 18 December 1972 because the Rekord-2 fire control system hadn´t been delivered yet. After a number of delays caused by several malfunctions, test firings were finally carried out between 11 September and 4 December 1973. Following the initial trials, the K-102 continued making trial launches with both the R-27 and the R-27K, until it was accepted for service on 15 August 1975.[6]
Using external targeting data, the R-27K/SS-NX-13 would have been launched underwater to a range of between 350-400 nm (650–740 km), covering a "footprint" of 27 nm (50 km). The Maneuvering Re-Entry vehicle (MaRV) would then home in on the target with a CEP of 400 yards (370 m). Warhead yield was between 0.5-1 Mt.[6]
The missile system never became operational, since every launch tube used for the R-27K counted as a strategic missile in the SALT agreement, and they were considered more important.[6]
Although the R-27K could fit in the launch tubes of the Project 667A (NATO Yankee class), the subs lacked the necessary equipment to target and fire the missile.[6]
North Korea[]
Operator[]
Soviet Union- The Soviet Navy was the only operator of the R-27.
Democratic People's Republic of Korea- R-27 copy, BM25/Musudan-1
Iran- R-27 copy, BM25/Musudan-1
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References[]
- ↑ Aviation.ru - Missiles
- ↑ Oleg Bukharin, Pavel Podvig, Pavel Leonardovich Podvig (2004). Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. MIT Press. p. 321. ISBN 9780262661812. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=CPRVbYDc-7kC. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ↑ "R-27". http://www.astronautix.com/lvs/r27.htm. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
- ↑ USSR R-27 missile
- ↑ http://inbsite.com/missiles1.html
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4 Polmar, Norman (2004). Coldwar submarines. USA: Potomac Books Inc. pp. 180. ISBN 978-1-57488-594-1.
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