RSS-40 Buran

This article is about the cruise missile. For the orbital shuttle, see Buran (spacecraft).

The Buran (Russian: Буран, named for the Buran wind) cruise missile, designation M-40 (М-40) sometimes referred to as RSS-40, was a Soviet intercontinental cruise missile by Myasishchev capable of carrying a 3,500 kg hydrogen bomb payload.[1] The project was canceled before flight tests began.[2] It is unrelated to the later Buran reusable orbiter.

## Development

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The project was authorized on 20 May 1954, parallel to the development of the Burya missile. The development however, began in April 1953 as a rocket-aircraft system by Myasishchev OKB with internal designation M-40.[3] The project was canceled in November 1957, when two prototypes were just ready for flight testing, in favor of the R-7 Semyorka, since ICBMs were considered unstoppable. Like the Burya, the Buran consisted of two stages, the booster rockets designated M-41, and the cruise missile stage designated M-42.[citation needed]

## Specifications

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### General characteristics

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* Function: Nuclear cruise missile
* Launch mass: 125000 kg
* Total length: 24.0 m
* Launch platform: Launch pad
* Status: Canceled before first flight tests

### Launch vehicle (M-41)

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* Engine: 4× RD-213
* Thrust: 4× 55 t
* Length: 19.1 m
* Diameter: 1.20 m
* Oxidizer: Liquid oxygen
* Combustible: Kerosene

### Cruise missile (M-42)

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* Engine: 1× RD-020 ramjet
* Speed : Mach 3.1–3.2
* Range: 8,500 km
* Flight altitude: 18–20 km
* Warhead: thermonuclear, 3500 kg
* Length: 23.3 m
* Diameter: 2.40 m
* Wing span: 11.6 m
* Wing area: 98 m2

### Comparable missiles

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* SM-62 Snark
* SM-64 Navaho
* Burya

## References

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1. ^ Hendrickx, Bart; Vis, Bert (2007-12-05). Energiya-Buran: The Soviet Space Shuttle. Springer. ISBN 9780387739847.
2. ^ "FAS.org – "Burya / Buran- Russian / Soviet Nuclear Forces"". Retrieved 2006-06-17.
3. ^ ""Astronautix.org – "Buran"". Archived from the original on February 28, 2002. Retrieved 2006-06-17.

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Russian and former Soviet military designation sequences for radar, missile and rocket systems

Radar
systems|

| Land-based|

* A-100
* P-3
* P-8
* P-10
* P-12
* P-14
* P-15
* P-18
* P-19
* P-20
* P-30
* P-35
* P-37
* P-40
* P-50
* P-70
* P-80
* P-100
* Kabina 66
* Kasta 2E
* RSN-225 Azov
* SNR-75
* 1S91
* 30N6
* 36D6
* 64N6
* 76N6
* 96L6E
* 9S15
* 9S19
* 9S32
* Duga
* Dnestr
* Dnepr
* Daryal
* Dunay
* Volga
* Don-2N
* Voronezh
* Container

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Ship-borne|

Airborne|

* N001
* N002
* N005
* N006
* N007
* N008
* N010
* N011
* N012
* N014
* N019
* N025
* N035
* N036

Missiles|

| ICBM|

* BZhRK
* GR-1
* R-7
* R-9
* R-16
* R-26
* R-36
* R-36M
* R-46
* RS-24
* RS-26
* RT-2
* RT-2PM
* RT-2PM2
* RT-20
* RT-21
* RT-23
* RS-28 Sarmat
* UR-100
* UR-100MR
* UR-100N
* UR-200

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IRBM|

* R-14
* RSD-10
* Oreshnik

MRBM|

* R-5
* R-12
* RT-15

SRBM|

* 2K1
* 2K6
* 9K52
* 9K720
* R-1
* R-2
* R-11
* R-11A
* R-17
* OTR-21
* OTR-23
* TR-1

SLBM|

* R-13
* R-15
* R-21
* R-27
* R-29
* R-31
* R-39
* R-30

Surface-to-surface
(cruise)|

* Burya
* RSS-40
* 3M-51 Alfa
* 3M-54 Kalibr
* 9M730 Burevestnik

Surface-to-surface
(naval)|

* P-1
* P-5
* P-15
* P-70
* P-120
* P-270
* P-500
* P-700
* P-750
* P-800
* P-900
* P-900A
* P-1000
* RKV-500A
* RPK-2
* RPK-6
* RPK-7
* URPK-3
* URPK-4
* URPK-5

Surface-to-air|

* 2K11 Krug
* 2K12 Kub
* 2K22 Tunguska
* Kashtan CIWS
* 9K31 Strela-1
* 9K32 Strela-2
* 9K33 Osa
* 9K34 Strela-3
* 9K38 Igla/9K338 Igla-S
* 9K333 Verba
* 9K35 Strela-10
* 9K37 Buk
* 9K330 Tor
* Pantsir-S1
* 42S6 Morfey
* S-25 Berkut
* S-75 Dvina
* S-125 Neva/Pechora
* S-200 Angara/Vega/Dubna
* S-300
* S-350 (50R6) Vityaz
* S-400 Triumf
* S-500/55R6M Triumfator-M
* M-11 Shtorm
* Sosna-R

Air-to-surface|

* KSR-2
* KSR-5
* KS-1
* K-10S
* Kh-11
* Kh-15
* Kh-20
* Kh-22
* Kh-23
* Kh-25
* Kh-26
* Kh-28
* Kh-29
* Kh-31
* Kh-35
* Kh-38
* Kh-41
* Kh-55
* Kh-58
* Kh-59
* Kh-80
* Kh-90
* Kh-101
* 9M114V Shturm-V
* Hermes-A
* Kh-47M2 Kinzhal

Air-to-air|

* K-5
* R-3
* R-4
* R-8
* R-23
* R-27
* R-33
* R-37
* R-38
* R-40
* R-60
* R-73
* R-77
* R-172

Anti-tank|

* 3M6
* 9K111
* 9K112
* 9K114
* 9K115
* 9K115-2
* 9K121
* 9M14
* 9M15
* 9M17
* 9M113
* 9M117
* 9M119
* 9M120
* 9M123
* 9M133
* 9M133M Kornet-M
* Kornet-D
* Hermes

Unguided
rockets|

| Air-launched|

* RP-1
* RP-5
* RP-6
* RP-9
* RP-15
* RP-21
* RS-82
* RS-132

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Rocket artillery|

* BM-14
* BM-21
* BM-24
* BM-25
* BM-27
* BM-30
* TOS-1
* TOS-2

Engines|

* RD-8
* RD-9
* R-11
* R-13
* R-15
* R-25
* R-29
* RD-33
* RD-45
* RD-58
* RD-107
* RD-117
* RD-0120
* RD-0124
* RD-0146
* RD-170
* RD-180
* RD-191
* RD-500

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