Media learned about the development in Russia of a new ballistic missile – Lenta.ru

State Rocket Center named after academician VP Makeyev (SRC) received a government contract to carry out development work on the creation of a new ballistic missile. On Thursday, July 14, the newspaper “Izvestia».

As the general director and chief designer of the SRC Vladimir Degtyarev, now the company has several contracts with the Defense Ministry. “This is a new heavy ballistic missile” Sarmat “to update the land categories, as well as development work on promising new car”, -. He added, without giving any other details

As explained by the publication in the military -Industrial Commission, we can talk about a new sea-launched ballistic missile, which will replace developed at the Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering recent strategic system “Bulava”. The rocket created for weapons of strategic nuclear submarines 955 type “Borey” project, relating to the fourth generation.

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However, as stated by the CEO of CKB “Rubin”, the head of the Institute, has been developing and designing the strategic submarine missile cruisers, Igor Villeneuve, the design of submarines of the fifth generation has already begun in Russia multipurpose and strategic. The latter, according to the company, are called “Husky” and will replace the

«Bor».

The first of a new generation of boats is scheduled to begin no earlier than build 2030. According to Professor of the Academy of Military Sciences Vadim Kozyulin, it will be the answer to the planned from 2020 update of the American group of nuclear forces.

In this regard, he said, the new R & D, the proposed SRC “Makeyev” on new offshore ballistic missile, should take into account the growth of upcoming threats by 2030.

p-30 “Bulava.” – solid-fuel intercontinental missile sea-based, its development began in Russia in the late 1990s. The missile is designed to equip new strategic submarines of Project 955 “Borey».

ballistic missile submarine Project 955 “Borey” built in Severodvinsk “Sevmash”. Starting with the fourth submarine ( “Prince Vladimir”), construction is under way on the upgrade projects 955A “Borey-A.” Nuclear-powered submarine with a displacement of 24,000 tons are for 16 missile “Bulava”. Navy ordered a total of eight such submarines.