Bulava Missile:
Russian President has bolstered the country’s military capabilities by ordering the addition of a new nuclear-capable missile known as the Bulava into the Russian military arsenal.
- RSM-56 Bulava (NATO reporting name: SS-N-32) is a Russian submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM).
- Designed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, development of the missile was launched in the late 1990s, and is designed to be deployed on Russia’s Borei-class submarines.
- Bulava represents a core component of Russia’s future strategic nuclear force.
- It is a three-stage solid-propellant
- The missile has a launch mass of about 8 tonnes and a throw weight of 1,150 kg.
- It measures 12.1 meters in length in a launch container and 2 meters in diameter.
- Bulava has a maximum range of 8,300 km (5,160 miles) and a payload of up to 10 multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles, or MIRVs, capable of delivering nuclear warheads to different targets.
- The missile’s RVs are capable of in-flight maneuverability and re-targeting to out maneuver any enemy defense.
- The RVs have an expected accuracy of around 250 to 300 m.
