“The
firing was carried out by a submerged submarine to verify
the fiability of the Russian strategic Navy. The heads
of the missiles reached their targets on the polygon of
Koura, to Kamtchatka, the right time”, indicated
colonel Konachenkov in front of the journalists.
The
preceding shooting of a Sineva missile was made last April
in Barents sea. The missile was fired by the nuclear submarine
Ekaterinburg also reached its target in Kamtchatka.
The R-29RMU Sineva, also designated RSM-54, is a Russian
liquid-fuelled submarine-launched ballistic missile. It
has the GRAU index 3M27, and is identified by NATO as
the SS-N-23 Skiff. Carrying ten 100 kt warheads, it is
designed to be launched from Delta IV class submarines,
which are armed with 16 missiles each.
The first full-range
test was reportedly conducted on October 11, 2008; the
reported range was 11,547 kilometers. The R-29RMU entered
service in 2007 and is expected to remain in service until
at least 2030.
