UR-100NU 15A35
Missile · Russia
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Russian intercontinental ballistic missile. Development of an improved version of the UR-100N was authorized on 16 April 1976 (UR-100NU; U = UTTKh = 'Improved Technical-Tactical Characteristics). Viktor Bugaisk at TsKBM headed the engineering team. The UR-100NU was to have a new warhead dispenser bus and improved guidance system by Vladimir Sergeyev of NII-692. The new system allowed up to six pre-programmed targets to be entered, any one of which could be selected at launch. This allowed deployment of better countermeasures and a considerable improvement in accuracy.
A total of 68 test flights were conducted from 28 September 1977 to 26 July 1979. The missile was accepted for service on 17 December 1980. The first regiment was activated at Khmelnitskiy on 6 November 1979 and became operational in January 1981. By 1984 the UR-100NU had been placed in a total of 360 silos at Kozelsk (70), Pervomaisk (90), Khmelnitskiy (90) and Tatishchevo (110). Eventually all 360 silos were converted to the 'superhardened' standard. Production of the missile itself ended at Khrunichev in 1985 and this was the last ICBM built by the factory.
The silos at Kozelsk and Tatishchevo had been fitted with the final UR-100 series missile modification in 1988-1990 (under the SALT-2 treaty the number of warheads per missile was reduced from six to one). Tatishchevo was also the site of several service and exercise field launches. The purpose of these was to verify the guidance software's ballistic solution when fired from launch sites and impact zones other than the standard Baikonur/Kamchatka range. By 1999 the UR-100NU had been fired 81 times -- 27 trials launches, 25 operational exercises, and 29 for other purposes.
Surplus UR-100NU missiles were the subject of vigorous marketing as space launchers during the 1990's. Concepts promoted included:
- Rokot, consisting of the UR-100NU plus a 'Briz' upper stage. This actually flew several times.
- Okean, a sea-launched variant
- Strela, using the basic UR-100NU as a space launcher
- Prizyv, a global rapid rescue system proposed by NPO Mashinostroyenia and NIIMash. This envisioned SLA-1 and SLA-2 winged rescue flight vehicles to deliver supplies anywhere on earth within 15 to 180 minutes. The gliders would land 420 to 2500 kg of supplies anywhere on the planet to within 20 to 30 m of the aim point. This looked very much like a civilian version of Chelomei's 'Raketoplan' concept of the 1960's, focused on attack on the US fleet. Perhaps it had remained on back-burner development all those years…
Maximum range: 10,000 km (6,000 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 6. Warhead yield: 550 KT. CEP: 0.31 km (0.19 mi). Boost Propulsion: Storable liquid rocket. Initial Operational Capability: 1980.
Related
- Family
- ICBM
- Country
- Russia
- Launch Sites
- Baikonur, Tatishchevo, Baikonur LC132, Baikonur LC175/2
- Agency
- Chelomei bureau
Chronology
88 events
1977 October 26
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- First UR-100NU launch. Joint flight trials launch. - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1977 December 1
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1978
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1979
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1979
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1979
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1979
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1979
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1979
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1979
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1980
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1980
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1980
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1981
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1981
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1981
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1981
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1981
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1981
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1982
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1982
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1982 June 18
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1982 June 18
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1983
Launch Site: Tatishchevo. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- ICBM operational test launch from missile base silo - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1983
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1983
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1983
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1983
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1983 September 2
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35. FAILURE: Failure.1984
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1984
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1984
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1984
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1984 July 10
Launch Site: Tatishchevo. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- ICBM operational test launch from missile base silo - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1985
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1985
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1985
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1985
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1985
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1985
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1986
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1986
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1986
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1986 December 9
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- LKI - . Nation: Kazakhstan. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Not in XPC.
1987
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1987
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1987 February 12
Launch Site: Tatishchevo. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1987 June 5
Launch Site: Tatishchevo. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35. FAILURE: Failure.1987 December 3
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- UBP - . Nation: Kazakhstan. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Not in XPC.
1988
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1990 February 28
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1991 August 15
12:05 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1992 December 1
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35. FAILURE: Failure.1993
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1994
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1995 June 8
12:45 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1996 June 6
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1997 June 9
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1998 October 7
12:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1998 December 10
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.1999 October 20
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC175/2. Launch Pad: LC175/pad?. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.2000 November 1
10:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC175/2. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.2001 June 27
04:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC132. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.2001 October 26
12:33 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC175/2. Launch Pad: LC175/pad?. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.2002 December 10
05:15 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC132. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- OT 6RVs operational test launch - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Suborbital ICBM test with dummy warhead. Test delayed from November 1, December 5..
2004 February 18
09:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- Operational missile test - . Nation: Russia. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Launched during a nationwide military exercise..
2004 August 11
10:25 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.2005 October 20
07:30 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC175/2. Launch Pad: LC175/pad?. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.2006 November 9
11:35 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC175/2. Launch Pad: LC175/pad?. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- Operational missile test - . Nation: Kazakhstan. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
2007 October 29
09:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC175/2. Launch Pad: LC175/pad?. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.2008 October 22
09:10 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC175/2. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- Kura OT - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
2011 December 27
12:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- UR-100NU test - . Nation: Russia. Carried experimental reentry vehicle..
2013 Sep 27?
Launch Site: Dombarovskiy. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.2016 April 19
06:41 GMT - . Launch Site: Dombarovskiy. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- Yu-71 No. 3 - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted in Kura?..
2016 October 25
08:58 GMT - . Launch Site: Dombarovskiy. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- RV - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted in Kura..
2018 December 26
Launch Site: Yasniy. LV Family: UR-100N. Launch Vehicle: UR-100NU 15A35.- Avangard - . Nation: Russia. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi). Test mission. Impacted Kura.