Russia / USSR
RSM-54 Missile
NATO Designation:  SSN-23 Skiff

Updated 20 November 2007

The design of the RSM-54 missile started in 1979 and it was accepted into service in 1986.  The missile had two possible payloads - four and ten individually targeted warheads.  Only a four warhead version was used in service.
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RSM-54 Missile
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Description
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Designation RSM-54
Ship Class Used On Delta IV class (Pr. 667BDRM) (16 missiles)
Date In Service 1986
Weight 88,846 lbs. (40,300 kg)
Dimensions Overall:  582.7 x 75 in (1.48 x 1.9 m)
Second Stage:  75 in (190 cm)
Third Stage:  73 in (185 cm)
Payload Four warheads
Total payload weight 6,173 lbs. (2,800 kg)
Range Intercontinental
Propulsion Three-stage liquid fuel rocket
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Data from
"Ballisticheskie Rakety Otechestvennogo Flota" (Ballistic Missiles of the Fatherland Fleet) by Yu. L Korshunov and E.M. Kytovoy
Special help from Vladimir Yakubov