Unknown Russian Strategic Missile Concepts
Greetings–I am new to this forum. I am trying to find IDs concerning Soviet/Russian strategic missile R&D efforts. Recently, I found references on a few Russian websites to missile concepts that I have never seen before. One site states that before the breakup of the USSR, the Soviets were working on two MIRVed ICBMs (the Ikar and the Yermak [or Ermak]), as well as four single-warhead ICBMS (Topol-M, Kur’yer, Dnepr, and Al’batros), and two SLBMs (Bark and Shtorm). Another website refers to a “Universal small missile” by the Chelomei design bureau, and I also found a reference to two industrial designators, 15Zh55 and 15Zh66. I know that the Ikar and Yermak were to be modernizations of the SS-18 (R-36M3) and SS-24 (RT-23M) respectively. The Kur’yer was of course the Soviet response to the US “Midgetman,” the Al’batros was the predecessor for the current hypersonic warhead, and the Bark was the unsuccessful SS-NX-28. I have never before heard of the Dnepr, the Chelomei Universal small missile, the Shtorm SLBM, the 15Zh55, or the 15Zh66, however. Does anyone have any idea what these systems were, or any technical data?
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