MR-UR-100U 15A16
Missile · Ukraine
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Ukrainian intercontinental ballistic missile. Improved version of the MR-UR-100U loaded into the super-hardened 15P715U universal silo, with a modernized guidance system with better reliability and accuracy.
Development of the MR-UR-100UTTKh (UTTKh = 'Improved Technical-Tactical Characteristics) was authorized on 16 August 1976. The draft project was completed in December of the same year. The variant would use the super-hardened 15P715U universal silo, and have a modernized guidance system with better reliability and accuracy. Trials were conducted from 25 October 1977 to 15 December 1979. The missile was not formally accepted for military service until 1 December 1980. Between 1982 and 1984 the missile had entirely replaced the original MR-UR-100 in all 150 silos. Withdrawal of the missile began only four years later, the missile being replaced by the Topol mobile solid propellant ICBM at Bologoye and those at Kostroma being replaced by train-launched ICBM's. With the collapse of the Soviet Union the manufacturer ended up being in now-independent Ukraine - an unacceptable situation for a strategic weapon. By 1991 only 50 silos at Bologoye remained operational, and they were retired by 1994.
Maximum range: 11,000 km (6,000 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 4. Warhead yield: 550 KT. CEP: 0.43 km (0.26 mi). Initial Operational Capability: 1982.
Related
- Family
- ICBM
- Country
- Ukraine
- Launch Sites
- Baikonur, Baikonur LC177, Baikonur LC170, Baikonur LC181, Baikonur LC172
- Stages
- MR-UR-100-2, MR-UR-100 St 1, MR-UR-100-3
- Agency
- Yuzhnoye
Chronology
25 events
1977 October 25
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC177. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1977 December 29
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC177. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1978 March 31
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC177. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1978 April 27
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC170. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16. FAILURE: Failure.1978 June 5
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC177. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1978 June 28
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC170. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1978 August 25
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC181. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1978 September 12
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC177. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.- SLI Kura - . Nation: Kazakhstan. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1978 October 2
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC172. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1978 November 27
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC181. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.- SLI Kura - . Nation: Kazakhstan. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).
1979 May 21
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC170. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1979 May 31
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1979 June 26
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1979 June 29
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC170. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1979 July 20
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC172. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1979 August 2
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC170. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1979 August 3
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC181. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1979 August 30
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC170. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1979 September 14
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1979 November 15
Launch Site: Baikonur. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1980 March 6
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC172. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.1980 April 18
Launch Site: Baikonur. Launch Complex: Baikonur LC172. LV Family: MR-UR-100. Launch Vehicle: MR-UR-100U 15A16.- OT K - . Nation: Kazakhstan. Agency: RVSN. Apogee: 1,000 km (600 mi).