Gnome (rocket)
The intercontinental ballistic missile Gnom (Russian. Гном ) was a three-stage mobile ICBM with a solid rocket engine developed in the Soviet Union in the KBM . Development work stopped in 1965.
description
The Gnom rocket received an unusual propulsion system: the first stage was equipped with a solid fuel booster and a ramjet engine; the second and third stages used a solid rocket engine . The gnome already reached high speed in the starting phase. The booster and ramjet engine were developed for OKB-670 by Mikhail Bondaryuk . The planned range was 11,000 km, the takeoff weight was 29 tons. The missile was equipped with a thermal nuclear warhead and a battery of decoys . The launch and transport vehicle had a chain drive and was developed on the basis of the T-10 chassis. The Gnom rocket was never completed, although many individual elements were manufactured, including the ramjet engine, which has been successfully tested. The project was abandoned in late 1965.
Technical specifications
Project time | 1964-65 |
Driving speed road / terrain | 40/15 km / h |
Length of the rocket with the launch container | 16.14 m |
diameter | 2.6 m |
Launch mass of the rocket | 29 t |
Mass of the rocket with the launch container | 31.2 t |
Total mass | 59 t |
literature
- Степанов О. Шавырин Борис Иванович - оружейник и человек. Коломна, 2011 г. On-line
Web links
- Gnome in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)
- Проект "Гном"
- ICBM gnome