BZhRK Barguzin explained

Is Missile:yes
Barguzin BZhRK
Type:Intercontinental ballistic missile
Origin:Russia
Used By:Russian Strategic Missile Troops
Designer:Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology
Manufacturer:Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, Krasnoyarsk Machine-Building Plant, KBKhA, CKB Titan
Propellant:Solid, third or fourth stage – warhead block can be liquid like other ICBM SLBM active or project test other
Service:In development
Engine:Three-stage solid-fuel rocket or 3rd, 4th (warhead) liquid
Weight:45–50 ton per missile
Length:20–30 m
Vehicle Range:12600km (7,800miles)
Filling:≤ 10 to 16, var. TNW (MIRV MaRV HGV other, 6x ≤ 15x yield ≤ 960 kt to 100 kt, 1 - 4 to 8 yield 200 kt to ≤ 1 - 3 Mt each or single RV ≤ 5 - 16 Mt)
Guidance:Inertial with GLONASS, astrocelestial
Launch Platform:Railway train TEL

The RS-27 (?) or SS-X-32Zh (?) Barguzin BZhRK (БЖРК) Project is a rail-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) under development for the Russian RVSN, as a replacement of the previous railway missile train Molodets BZhRK SS-24 Scalpel. BZhRK stands for railway strategic missile train. The missile was expected to enter testing in 2019 and enter service in 2020.[1]

The Barguzin “railroad combat complex", or BZhRK, will be armed with six RT-## (the missile will be based on Yars, Bulava, RT-23MU, Rubezh Avangard, maybe partially from RT20PUZh, R-39 Rif and R-39M developments) ICBMs, a fifty-five-ton missile that reportedly carries up to 4 nuclear warheads, and is already deployed in fixed silos and mobile truck-mounted launchers. There will be five railroad missile regiments, each consisting of one train and six ballistic missiles. Operational deployment is slated for 2020.[2]

Unlike its decommissioned Soviet counterpart, the RT-23 Molodets (the SS-24 Mod-3 Scalpel), the new train carrying ICBMs will be much lighter, due to the use of the more compact RS-24 Yars ICBM, so that distinguishing it from an ordinary freight train will be impossible.[3]

In December 2017, the Russian state media reported that the project has been frozen due to a lack of financing, saying that the weapon was too expensive. However, the report also states that the project can be quickly revived if necessary.[4] [5]

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Notes and References

  1. . All Aboard Russia's Nuclear Weapon Apocalypse Train . Kyle . Miyokami . 27 February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170306012208/http://www.popularmechanics.com/military/weapons/a25423/all-aboard-russias-apocalypse-train/?src=nl&mag=pop&list=nl_pnl_news&date=022817 . 6 March 2017 . A new rail-mounted intercontinental ballistic missile is due to hit Russian railroads in 2020. Russian state media has announced the BZhRK "Barguzin" rail-mounted nuclear missile will begin testing in 2019 and enter service the following year..
  2. Web site: Russia's Nuclear Missile 'Death Train' Arriving in 2019. 26 February 2017.
  3. Web site: RS-24 / SS-32 / Barguzin New Rail-Mobile ICBM.
  4. News: Разработка боевых железнодорожных комплексов нового поколения прекращена . Птичкин . Сергей . 2 December 2017 . Российская Газета . 2 December 2017.
  5. Web site: Say Goodbye to Russia's Nuclear-Armed Doomsday Train . Beckhusen . Robert . 6 December 2017 . warisboring.com . War Is Boring . 10 December 2017.