Author: Yuri will not take revenge today. Reprinting without permission is prohibited
" nuclear war cannot be fought with !" Before the outbreak of the Russia-Ukraine war, the five nuclear-weapon countries rarely issued a joint statement. For Russia, which has a weak conventional military, its huge nuclear force is the most solid shield as the conflict with the West led by the United States intensifies. Recently, Russia announced the latest generation of heavy underground deployment of the intercontinental ballistic missile - " Sarmat " has started production and will be ready for service by the end of the year, which shows how tense the situation is.
Satellite News Agency reported on the 25th that Rogozin, general manager of Roscosmos, said in an interview with the "Russia 24" TV station that subsidiaries of Roscosmos have begun mass production of the "Samart" strategic ballistic missile system. , the first missile regiment will be put on combat duty before the end of 2022, which means that the intercontinental missile with the most powerful throwing ability in the world is about to show its fangs.
Picture: Russia, which had previously tested the "Sarmat"
and intended to show off its muscles, even revealed that the first "Sarmat" regiment will be located in the 62nd Missile Division of the Krasnoyarsk Krai.
This division is located in the middle of Russia's territory across Europe and Asia, far away from the potential ambush waters of the U.S. "Ohio" class strategic nuclear submarine . The division has 4 missile regiments and previously used R-36M2 "units deployed underground. "Sir" intercontinental missile, this missile is actually the last improved version of the SS-18 "Satan" that frightened the West. It only entered service in 1988, and the "Sarmat" can be said to be the "Force Commander" The modern refurbished version can just use the original underground reinforced launch silo , saving a lot of costs.
Picture: Previously tested at the Plesetsk launch site
Like the "Force Commander", the "Sarmat" is an intercontinental missile propelled by a liquid-fuel rocket engine. The United States has already realized the solid rocket motor for land-based and submarine-launched intercontinental missiles. Compared with solid engines, liquid fuel is much more troublesome in terms of maintenance performance. Although refueling on duty can last for several months, Once it is not launched and needs to be thoroughly cleaned, these fuels are toxic, but the liquid engine has a very high specific impulse and has a natural advantage. Therefore, both "Force Commander" and "Sarmat" have an amazing throwing capacity of more than 8.8 tons.
Picture: Black and white painting to facilitate the calibration of the ground optical tracking system
The reason why the "Force Commander" was named after the devil "Satan" by NATO is because of its amazing doomsday power. It is designed to carry 8-10 15A18M separately guided thermonuclear (hydrogen bomb) warheads. Each warhead has a TNT equivalent of 800,000 tons. It was calculated in the Soviet era that 10 "Force Commander" warheads could be destroyed once they hit the United States. 80% of large cities and industrial areas.
Picture: R-36M2
being launched. The reason why Russia developed "Sarmat" is mainly related to Ukraine .
You must know that the R-36M family is developed and manufactured by the famous Ukrainian "Southern Design Bureau" and "Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant" (both located in Dnipro). After the disintegration of the Soviet Union , the Russian Strategic Rocket Force was probably equipped with 82 "Force Commanders" (46 are currently on duty) are maintained by Ukraine. Before 2014, Russia paid US$10 million to the "Southern Machinery Manufacturing Plant" every year for this purpose. However, in 2015, the Crimean public investment After Russia, cooperation came to an abrupt end.
Picture: Comparison of main indicators between R-36M2 and "Minuteman 3" and "Trident IID5"
In order to get rid of dependence, Russia designated the Makeev Design Bureau, which has developed many submarine-launched intercontinental missiles, to develop the "Sarmat". Reducing costs can basically be regarded as "copycat".The size, weight, and throwing capability of the "Sarmat" are basically equivalent to the "Force Commander". The RD-264 engine is completely used. It is estimated that the missile-borne computer, guidance system , and missile body materials have been updated. The range is longer than the 16,000-kilometer "Force Commander" and can reach 18,000 kilometers, covering any corner of the world.
Picture: The road-mobile RS-24 "Yars" can be regarded as a multi-warhead version of the "Topol M"
The biggest difference from the "Force Commander" is that the "Sarmat" can throw hypersonic warheads . This warhead using waverider aerodynamic layout is code-named Yu-71. It has actually been put into use. Intercontinental missiles (ie: SS-19 "Dagger") are deployed underground using ready-made UR-100N (UTTH) liquid fuel. Later, it became the world's first intercontinental hypersonic boost-glide missile - "Pioneer".
Picture: The "Pioneer" being launched
The "Pioneer" was put into service and put on duty in the 13th Missile Division of Orenburg in December 2019. Due to the use of an intercontinental missile booster stage with a faster shutdown speed, Yu- The 71 claims to have a top speed of Mach 20 to Mach 27. It can "float" at the edge of the atmosphere and maneuver significantly laterally, which greatly increases the number of land-based missiles deployed by the United States at Fort Greely, Alaska, and is mainly used to intercept potential enemy intercontinental missiles. The interception difficulty of the midcourse anti-missile system (GBI).
Picture: The GBI position at Fort Greely, Alaska, is being loaded
Compared with the "Pioneer", the weight and throwing capacity of the "Sarmat" have increased by more than 2 to 3 times. In theory, it can carry at least 3 Yu-71 Super Warheads will obviously make the West more fearful, but it should be pointed out that the "Sarmat" has only had very few test launches so far, and has not actually carried the Yu-71 for flight testing. It was quite hasty to put it into combat duty at the end of the year, but for In terms of the military pressure Russia is facing, there is nothing that can be done.
