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Tula submarine is back from overhaul

The K-114 Tula submarine of the Delta IV/Project 667BDRM class returned to the Northern Fleet after an overhaul and sea trials.

However, it is probably too early to say it's back in service - it may have to wait till it gets its complement of missiles. Flight tests of the R-29RM Sineva missile, which will be deployed on Tula, have been completed relatively recently, in June 2004, and Tula is the third in line to get them - after K-51 Verkhoturie and K-84 Ekaterinburg. To have all these submarines equipped with missiles, the Krasnoyarsk Mashinie-Building Plant would have to manufacture about two missiles a month. Not impossible, of course, but unlikely.

[Navy] [January 12, 2006] []

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Reading on the R-29RM Sineva missile , Does it carry 10 Warheads and does it incorporate systems developed for the now cancelled Bark system.

[Austin] [January 13, 2006] [#]

R-29RM Sineva seems to be a minor upgrade of R-29RM. It carries four warheads, just like the original R-29RM.

[Pavel Podvig] [January 13, 2006] [#]

Thanks Pavel , Another question I had in my mind is that of the SS-18 replacement , I remember distinctly that recently either the Ivanov or CIC Strategic Forces stated that a new Heavy ICBM was being designed with a thow away weight of 3.5 ~ 4.5 tons and it will be a liquid fuel one.

Any specific reason why Russian will opt for Liquid Fuel for Heavy ICBM ??

Are those meant for SS-18 replacement post 2015 ??

Thanks
Austin

[Austin] [January 14, 2006] [#]

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