To: Oeconomicus
Silkworm missile stored at Umm Qasr in Iraq.
MAKER: CHINA
TYPE: CRUISE MISSILE
LENGTH: 20 FEET 6 INCHES
SPAN: 9 FEET 2 INCHES
RANGE: 50 MILES
DIAMETER: 29.5 INCHES
WEIGHT: 5,500 POUNDS EMPTY
ENGINE: SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER - LIQUID ROCKET CRUISE
TOP SPEED: MACH .8
WEAPON LOAD: 852 POUNDS HIGH EXPLOSIVE
18 posted on
07/15/2006 4:38:30 AM PDT by
Diogenesis
(Igitur qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum)
To: Diogenesis
I realize that the guidance and payload (conventional/nuke) are not tubes like in the old Regulus.....but all this "advanced" weaponry of the China/Iran/etc set sure as hell looks like a 1960's Regulus II cruise missile to me!!!!
2006? |
1959 |
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MAKER: CHINA
TYPE: CRUISE MISSILE LENGTH: 20 FEET 6 INCHES SPAN: 9 FEET 2 INCHES RANGE: 50 MILES DIAMETER: 29.5 INCHES WEIGHT: 5,500 POUNDS EMPTY ENGINE: SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER - LIQUID ROCKET CRUISE TOP SPEED: MACH 0.8 WEAPON LOAD: 852 POUNDS HIGH EXPLOSIVE
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XRSSM-N-9 |
XSSM-N-9 (RGM-15A) |
Length (w/o pitot tube) |
17.52 m (57 ft 6 in); incl. pitot tube: 19.53 m (64 ft 1 in) |
Diameter |
1.27 m (50 in) |
Wingspan |
6.12 m (20 ft 1 in) |
Weight (w/o booster) |
10400 kg (23000 lb); booster: 3170 kg (7000 lb) |
Speed |
Mach 1.8 |
Mach 2 |
Ceiling |
14300 m (47000 ft) |
18000 m (59000 ft) |
Range |
550 km (300 nm) |
1850 km (1000 nm) |
Propulsion |
Cruise: Wright J65-W-6 turbojet; 65 kN (14600 lb) Booster: Aerojet General solid-fueled rocket; 511 kN (115000 lb) |
Cruise: General Electric J79-GE-3 turbojet; 69 kN (15600 lb) Booster: Rocketdyne solid-fueled rocket; 600 kN (135000 lb) |
Warhead |
none |
W-27 thermonuclear (2 MT) |
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149 posted on
07/15/2006 8:33:02 AM PDT by
sam_paine
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