The rocket for the new BZHRK will be made on the basis of the Yars ICBM
One of the most interesting topics touched upon by the commander-in-chief of the Strategic Missile Forces was the creation of a new combat railroad missile system (BZHRK). The similar system RT-23UTTH “Molodets” was already in service with the Russian rocket forces, but its operation ceased several years ago in accordance with existing international agreements. Now the Ministry of Defense intends to create a new rail-based missile system.
According to Karakaev, the new BZHRK project will be implemented by the end of this decade. During the first half of next year, the Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (MIT) should complete a preliminary design. The timing of the construction of mass-produced missiles has not yet been announced. Perhaps the new railway missile system will be adopted by 2020 year.
As the commander-in-chief of the Strategic Missile Forces told, the rocket of the new railway complex is being created on the basis of the existing RS-24 Yars. The characteristics of this product are quite high and allow you to create a rocket for BZHRK. The launch weight of the rocket will not exceed 47 tons, and the total length of the rocket and its transport and launch container must not exceed the dimensions of a standard railway car. Thus, the new BZHRK in general terms of its appearance will be similar to the old complex Well-done RT-XNUMHUTTH, however, the rocket and other technical means will be made using new technologies.
Such dimensions and weight of the rocket will not lead to an increase in the load on the railway tracks, so that the promising BZHRK will be able to move along any routes without any restrictions. For comparison, it is worth remembering the characteristics of the 15Ж62 rocket of the "Well done" complex. Ammunition weighing more than 100 tons required to create special tools designed to distribute the load from the car-launcher to neighboring cars. Thus, the project of the new BZHRK will be free from some of the shortcomings of the previous one.
About the beginning of the development of a new combat railway missile complex became known in December last year. Such military equipment was recognized as a profitable and convenient component of strategic missile forces. The beginning of the new project was preceded by a discussion in the highest circles of the Ministry of Defense and the leadership of the country. Some time ago, the leadership of the country instructed the military to consider the capabilities of the armed forces in countering prospective foreign systems of the so-called. fast global strike. As part of the analysis of the capabilities of the strategic missile forces, the military considered the prospects for BZhRK class vehicles. The analysis showed that such complexes have a high survivability and are able to cope with the containment of a potential enemy with promising percussion systems.
Information on the development of the draft BZHRK with extensive use of developments on the RS-24 intercontinental rocket “Yars” allows us to build some assumptions. The Yars ICBM has dimensions and weight that roughly correspond to the declared Commander-in-Chief of the Strategic Missile Forces. Thus, the creation of a rocket for the new railway complex can take the path of minor modifications to the equipment without making serious corrections to the product design. Because of this, the most difficult task within the framework of the project is the creation of the ground part of the complex intended for the transportation and launch of rockets.
With a high degree of unification of the new missile with the RS-24 MBR, the firing range may exceed 10-11 thousand kilometers. Given the possibility of launching from almost anywhere in the country, such characteristics will make it possible to attack targets on the territory of all possible opponents. According to various sources, the Yars missile delivers from three to ten warheads to the targets, which determines its combat capabilities and can speak about the prospects of ammunition for the new BZHRK.
As the experience of creating the latest intercontinental ballistic missiles RT-2PM Topol, RT-2PM2 Topol-M and PC-24 Yars shows, the domestic defense industry is capable of developing and building high-performance weapons. So, all of the listed developments of the Moscow Institute of Heat Engineering have a starting weight of no more than 45-50 tons and are capable of delivering warheads to a range of at least 10 thousand kilometers. This means that on the basis of the existing developments in the coming years, you can create a new combat railway missile system, the characteristics of which will be similar to the capabilities of the RS-24 Yars missile.
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