Hi,
Do any of you guys know what nomenclature the Russian Strategic forces use for their re-entry vehicles? I can find varying info on the missiles themselves, some info on some of the post boost vehicles but most of the re-entry vehicles simply give a number and rough type (MIRV etc). The US uses a 'Mk' number so Mk 5 and Mk 12A for Minuteman III, Mk 21 for Trident V. Any equivalent for Russian systems?
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Боеголовки - Warheads
Head part - головная часть ( usually a non MIRV ) shortened to: рг
Separating Head Section - разделяющаяся головная часть (MIRV) shortened to: ргч
then it gets more fun, the Rocket Complex is the entire system for example:
Стратегический ракетный комплекс
15П014 (Р-36М)
This is your ID of the whole system, rocket, launcher, warhead, fuel, little house where the bored security guard sits, you get the idea...
it might have
delivery Rocket ракетой
15А14
and then! what you have been waiting for: the warhead which can be for example the
15Ф143У The Warhead.
how crazy does it get very! here we go just for the 15F Series blocks, different blocks for different missiles
15Ф1 - моноблочная ГЧ МБР РТ-2
Single Blockwarhead
15Ф141 - ГЧ МБР Р-36М
15Ф143 - разделяющаяся ГЧ индивидуального наведения (РГЧ ИН) МБР Р-36М
MIRV with individual targeting
15Ф143У - РГЧ ИН МБР Р-36М, 15Ж44
15Ф144 - боевой блок РГЧ 15Ф143
15Ф147 - боевой блок РГЧ 15Ф143У
15Ф154 - РГЧ ИН МБР МР-УР-100
15Ф158У - боевой блок РГЧ 15Ф154
15Ф161 - РГЧ ИН МБР МР-УР-100У
15Ф162 - скоростной боевой блок РГЧ 15Ф161
15Ф173 - РГЧ ИН МБР Р-36М2
15Ф175 - моноблочная ГЧ МБР Р-36М2
15Ф178 - управляемый боевой блок РГЧ 15Ф173
Targetable,Controlled Warhead
15Ф183 - РГЧ ИН МБР Р-36МУ, 15А18-1
8Ф117 - боевая ГЧ РН "Протон"
8Ф126 - ГЧ БРСД Р-12
8Ф671 - тяжелая ГЧ МБР Р-36
8Ф672 - легкая ГЧ МБР Р-36
8Ф673 - орбитальная ГЧ Р-36орб
8Ф674 - легкая ГЧ МБР Р-36
8Ф675 - тяжелая ГЧ МБР Р-36
8Ф676 - разделяющаяся ГЧ (РГЧ) МБР Р-36П с 3-мя боевыми блоками
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interestingly what I did not know is that there was/is
8Ф021 - отсек управления орбитального боевого блока для Р-36орб
8F021 - compartment of control of orbital armed block for R-36 orb
a soviet
Fractional Orbital Bombardment System - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://www.moviesoundclips.net/movies1/aliens/nuke.wav - these were the good old days
The Russian Bear is back in china, long live the firewall!
Plas signing out
--- on another note the Soviet nuclear devices were designated as : РДС-XXX RDS-1 etc, for example such as: РДС-10 ---
RDS stood for Rocket Drive ( Engine ) of Stalin, or so the rumors say as the first Atomic device was identified, and that name stuck.
