《Military Technology》Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) Designs, Models & Operations
not long ago North Korea held a military parade at Kim Illinois Sun Square in the capital pongyang among them 11 wayon series intercontinental ballistic missiles made a high-profile appearance and intercontinental ballistic missiles have once again attracted people's attention so what are the advanced intercontinental ballistic missiles in the world in this episode of military technology we will take you to understand how they have developed a set of techniques that to descend from the heavens hello viewers welcome to military technology I am your host Lon H before we dive in we need a small favor from you please take a moment to hit the Subscribe thumbs up and notification buttons below so you can stay updated on all our latest videos the wayon series intercontinental ballistic missile is a type of multi- Warhead missile developed by North Korea according to reports from Yan haap news agency it's maximum range can reach 15,000 km so do you know what the concept of 15,000 km is like if I tell you that the distance from the South Pole to the North Pole on Earth is no more than 20,000 km this means that the way song series can almost reach any place on Earth it wants to go which is why the status of intercontinental ballistic missiles is so important so what exactly is an intercontinental ballistic missile among the weapons made by humans intercontinental ballistic missiles are undoubtedly the strongest known as the nation's heavy weapon and are also the trump card of many countries an intercontinental ballistic missile is an unmanned InterContinental strategic offensive weapons system that can quickly strike ground targets outside the continent where the launching country is located generally speaking the range of an intercontinental ballistic missil should reach at least 5,500 km mainly used to attack important military political and economic Targets on the enemy's territory intercontinental ballistic missiles have a longer range and faster speed than medium-range ballistic missiles short range ballistic missiles and the newly named theater ballistic missiles the design concept of intercontinental ballistic missiles can be traced back to the 1930s and 1940s in August 1957 the Soviet Union successfully test fired the world's first InterContinental missile the p7 ballistic missile with a range of 8,000 km after more than half a century of development InterContinental missiles have undergone multiple upgrades and iterations nowadays it is gradually shifting from large-scale deployment of multiple Warheads with large yields to enhancing mobility and precision strike capabilities the power of intercontinental ballistic missiles is enormous so all countries are trying to find ways to intercept them if the missile cannot hit its Target no matter how powerful it is it is just a slightly larger firework therefore ensuring the safe launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles is of utmost importance various countries have also developed multiple launch methods to ensure safety we see approaching as a star creation among intercontinental ballistic missiles the rs28 sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile it adopts a road mobile meth carried by this heavy mobile chassis beside me so how big is the chassis exactly my height is 1.83 M but you can see that the lower edge of its window is still above my head let's take another look it has many tires 16 tires are needed to Bear the pressure of the missile and the size is quite large basically reaching near my chest the chassis is already so large so how big is the missile body the diameter of the sarmat missile body is 3.5 M which means it is equivalent to the length of two of my Heights so how tall is it exactly we put it into launch status ha its size is really not small its length is 35.5 M equivalent to a 12-story residential building so as you can see the building next to it is about 27 M High and the sarmat is still significantly taller than it do you want to feel it more intuitively let's go now we have come here the highest point we are allowed to enter is about the height of a five-story building but through the camera we can see my current height compared to the length of the missile it is still less than half and such a large volume of course also brings considerable weight the takeoff weight of the sarmat is 28.1 tons compared to the maximum takeoff weight of the American F35 fighter jet which is 30 tons meaning it is equivalent to 7 f35s the sarmat can carry 10 to 15 nuclear warheads with a total yield reaching 20 megatons of TNT equivalent the largest explosion in human history was the Tusa event in 1908 which destroyed an area of 2,000 square kilm of coniferous forest knocking down about 80 million trees and a week after the explosion the entire sky over Europe appeared dark purple a terrifying statistic is that according to calculations the power of the Tusa explosion was equivalent to 15 to 20 megatons of TNT equivalent which is slightly less than that of the sarmat its range however reaches 18,000 km which is 3,000 km farther than the Wason 17 from these data it can be seen that the sarmat possesses formidable combat power the rs28 sarmat ballistic missile is a type of super heavy InterContinental strategic ballistic missile developed by Russia development began in 2009 to replace the suntu be retired ss18 Satan intercontinental ballistic missile at the end of 2009 Lieutenant General shvetsov commander of the Russian strategic rocket forces announced that Russia would develop a new heavy liquid InterContinental missile to replace the suntu be retired ss18 and ss19 shortly thereafter the Mev State missile Center and the Russian general machine building design Bureau among other units began preliminary research on the new missile model and participated in the project bidding the bidding concluded at the beginning of 2011 and the proposal from the makeev state missile Center stood out after 10 years of development on June 21st 2022 Russian President Putin announced that Russia's first sarmat intercontinental ballistic missile would enter combat Duty by the end of 2022 thus one of the world's largest nuclear weapons Beed its fangs the sarmat uses a liquid fuel rocket engine compared to solid fuel rocket engines liquid rocket engines have the advantage of higher specific impulse thus their payload can reach 10 heavy Warheads or 15 lighter Warheads or 24 Hypersonic vehicles and 71 combinations of warheads and vehicles from the initial design the sarmat adopted two launch methods launch and Road Mobile launch similar to the wayon series among them the road mobile launch gives the sarmat better survivability it uses a large heavy duty transport erector launcher vehicle so what about these vehicles on this road we can say that they can be better disguised as large trailer Vehicles especially since we know that in the Soviet Union there are many such as Timber transport trucks so these vehicles may be difficult to distinguish from launch vehicles or real cargo trucks in front of satellites which of course gives them a great advantage in concealment when we talk about concealment including mobile launches it means that such missiles are almost impossible to detect track and Destroy before launch which significantly enhances their Battlefield survivability especially under enemy nuclear strikes additionally Russia has inherited much of the Soviet Union's experience with these mobile missiles the related experience in concealment and camouflage which we now consider relatively new includes the ss-27 and subsequent Road Mobile versions like the Ys and the sarmat whose survivability ranks among the top in the world the use of Road Mobile launches is naturally to improve the missile's survivability this greatly reduces the likelihood of being destroyed before launch but what if the missile is intercepted after launch first let's understand the launch trajectory of a ballistic missile a ballistic missile as the name suggests is a missile that flies along a parabolic trajectory after the missile is launched it enters the ascent phase where the rocket engine sends the Warhead into high altitude at this time the missile's flight speed is the slowest theoretically speaking this is when the missile should be the easiest to intercept However the fact is that road mobile intercontinental ballistic missiles are generally launched from domestic with layered defense systems making it difficult for other countries to intercept the missile at this stage subsequently the missile breaks through the atmosphere and follows an elliptical orbit for suborbital flight the missile's flight time in space usually accounts for more than 80% of the entire flight process typically lasting more than 20 minutes which is ample time to calculate the flight trajectory and perform multiple interceptions therefore most countries choose to intercept at this time so how does the powerful sarmat evade these interceptions we know that the sarmat has a range of 18,000 kilm which is almost half the circumference of the Equator therefore it can bypass the anti-missile and early warning zones predetermined by other countries thereby improving its penetration Effectiveness having discussed the SAR mat we have gained some understanding of the road mobile launch of intercontinental ballistic missiles but what other launch methods do intercontinental ballistic missiles used let's take a look next to the sarmat there is a well and inside it is the second type of intercontinental ballistic missile we want to introduce to you The Silo launched intercontinental ballistic missile let's bring it up this missile is the Minuteman 3 intercontinental ballistic missile compared to the sarmat it is significantly smaller overall and its length is only .26 M which is about half that of the sarmat its diameter is only 1.88 m which
is about the same as my height let's go to a higher place to take a look when we stand here again seeing the Minute Man 3 feels much better because we can finally see what its Warhead looks like its weight is also much lighter than the sarmat at only 35.5 tons just a bit heavier than an F35 aircraft the smaller also means it can accommodate fewer Warheads The minut Man 3 can carry three independently targetable re-entry Vehicles mes but due to its relatively excellent propulsion system its maximum range can reach 13,000 kilm compared to the sarmat the Minute Man 3 might seem inferior in many aspects however as a missile from the 1970s its performance is still quite commendable next let's learn more about the Minute Man 3 intercontinental ballistic missile in February 2023 according to Russian media reports in California USA at the vandenbberg missile base an intercontinental ballistic missile test launch was conducted the Minute Man 3 ballistic missile used for the test accurately hit its predetermined Target at the quadulan atol test site after flying 6,720 km the Minute Man 3 ballistic missile is a veteran having been equipped by the US Air Force since 1970 and completing the deployment of 550 units by 1975 the Minute Man 3 is the first US intercontinental ballistic missile equipped with multiple independently targetable re-entry Vehicles Ms and independently configured multiple re-entry solid intercontinental ballistic missiles it is also the first new type of third stage propulsion rocket in the United States the only land-based ballistic missile in US service and the mainland-based Strategic ballistic missile currently in service in the United States the United States places great importance on improving the performance of the Minute Man 3 in the early 1990s the US Department of Defense decided to extend its service life to around 2020 the Improvement plan for the Minute Man 3 missile is divided into three parts the primary task of the first part is to upgrade the launch control center equipping it with with a modernized command and control system as well as a rapid execution and operational targeting system the second part is called the Minute Man 3 missile guidance system replacement program this work is carried out by Boeing and the updated guidance device improves the accuracy of the Minute Man 3 missile bringing its hit accuracy to an original probability deviation of 90 m to20 m the third part involves enhancing the Minute Man 3 missile propulsion system planning to adopt the latest solid propellant technology and welding techniques the first and second stage engine propellants of the missile will be recast and the third stage of the missile will also be remanufactured continuous upgrades have ensured that the veteran Minute Man 3 has not fallen behind and still holds a place among InterContinental strategic missiles to this day additionally The Silo launch method used by the minute Man 3 has provided it with considerable defensive capability so what are the benefits of The Silo launch method well The Silo launch method was initially developed by Nazi Germany later starting from the 1950s the United States the United Kingdom and the Soviet Union began developing their own silos the current silos we see generally launch missiles from underground additionally there is a highly defensive cover on top of the silo which only opens before the launch if this cover does not open even if the enemy uses a nuclear explosion nearby the missile inside The Silo can still be effectively protected when it comes to the minute man it is launched from within the silo this means that the Silo's capacity to withstand pressure is said to be above 6 megapascals so its ability to respond to enemy nuclear explosions is considered to be very strong nowadays the defensive capabilities of the silos themselves are continuously improving and the command and control centers are integrated into the silos with Personnel activities also conducted underground thus enhancing their survivability after an enemy strike however since silos are immobile in the current context where countries are generally equipped with Precision guided weapons some people question whether the survivability of landbased silos can be fully guaranteed in the future additionally the Minute Man 3 pioneered a new approach it was the first inter Continental ballistic missile in the United States and indeed the world to be equipped with multiple independently targetable re-entry Vehicles Ms the so-called Ms refer to a single missile carrying multiple Warheads the Minute Man 3 can carry three Ms therefore it can achieve the capability of striking multiple locations with a single intercontinental ballistic missile which significantly enhances the destructive effect brought by each missile the decoy technology derived from multiple independently targetable re-entry Vehicles Ms has further enhanced the penetration capability of intercontinental ballistic missiles as we mentioned earlier after an intercontinental ballistic missile ascends beyond the atmosphere it follows an elliptical orbit for suborbital flight during this phase each Warhead of the missile will re-enter the atmosphere after reaching its predetermined position and head towards its respective Target the decoy technology involves adding decoy Warheads to the missile making it difficult for the enemy's anti-missile systems to distinguish between real and fake Warheads thereby improving the missiles penetration capability these decoys must not occupy the limited space on the missile so they generally use a method similar to inflatable balloons these balloons rapidly inflate in a short period creating a Target that appears similar to a real Warhead on radar so imagine that a single missile could carry 10 warheads and in addition to these 10 Warheads it could also carry 30 or 40 decoys this means that when you look at the radar suddenly 50 Warheads appear if I want to intercept them I need to distinguish which ones are real this distinction is very difficult to make in a short period and after distinguishing I need to allocate my intercepting ammunition for interception I might use two or three inter ctors per Warhead so when you see 10 Warheads plus 30 or 40 decoys my limited anti-missile ammunition could be entirely consumed therefore when the number of warheads reaches a certain level in a situation where decoys are indistinguishable from real Warheads it is almost impossible for you to intercept all my Warheads with limited ammunition in this way your penetration capability is improved the Minute Man 3 has pioneered many Technologies in American missile technology such as solid rocket engine technology and shipborne computer technology it was the first to use multiple independently targetable re-entry Vehicles Ms today this technology has become mainstream in intercontinental ballistic missiles and it has developed to be even more powerful these technological advancements have made the deterrence brought by today's intercontinental ballistic missiles even greater having discussed the sarmat in the Minute Man 3 we have gained some understanding of Road Mobile launches and Silo launches these two types of launches are the main methods of land-based launches and are continuously being improved we know that oceans covers 70.8% of the Earth's surface area and we can reach any place on Earth through the oceans so if intercontinental ballistic missiles could be launched at Sea wouldn't it truly enable global strikes thus the concept of Submarine launched intercontinental ballistic missiles was born as the name suggests these missiles are carried and launched by submarines at Sea today the third intercontinental ballistic missile we introduce is the Trion 2 the appearance of this intercontinental ballistic missile allows us to more intuitively feel the differences it is even smaller than the Minute Man 3 with a length of only 10.36
M and a diameter the same name is the Minute Man 3 which is 1.88 m why is it so small because it's a submarine launched missile due to the limited size of submarines the missile needs to compromise on its Dimensions however although its size appears much smaller than the Minute Man 3 its weight is much heavier reaching 58 tons which is almost the weight of 2 F35 aircraft moreover it can carry more Warheads than the Minuteman 3 up to eight Warheads and its maximum range can reach 11,000 km combined with its forward launch method its combat Effectiveness is quite impressive so in comparison what other noteworthy features does this little guy have let's take a look together the UGM 133 a trident 2 intercontinental ballistic missile is the third generation submarine launched ballistic missile developed by the United States in the 1980s and 1990s it is also the most important seab based nuclear deterrent force of the US Navy in the 1970s during the height of the cold war between the United States and the Soviet Union however with the gradual increase in Soviet nuclear capabilities and the Improvement of their anti-submarine Warfare capabilities the US military also felt the pressure thus in 1983 the development of the tridon 2 ballistic missile officially began and it was not until March 1989 that the First underwater launch was conducted in March 1990 the tridon 2 missile was declared to have achieved initial operational capability today it is primarily equipped on the US Navy's Ohio nuclear submarines with the support of the Ohio class the tridon 2 can fully utilize its advantages as a submarine launched missile so what are the advantages of Submarine launched ballistic missiles well the primary advantage of Submarine launched missiles is their high level of concealment and survivability because their launch platforms are located beneath the ocean if they depart from their bases long before the start of a conflict and submerge into the ocean finding them would indeed be very difficult compared to silos the locations of which are almost always known in advance everyone knows how many silos you have and where they are located what about mobile launches Public Road Mobile launches and rail mobile launches mean that I might still be able to find you but the difficulty of finding you is still lower than finding a submarine additionally the launch sites of Submarine launched intercontinental ballistic missiles are very difficult to detect land-based mobile launches are generally within the country's own territory so anti-missile satellites only need to focus on that country's area however submarines can freely choose launch sites in the ocean they can choose from 70.8% of the Earth's surface therefore the safety concealment and penetration effectiveness of Submarine launched missiles can be comprehensively improved which is the most threatening aspect of Submarine launched intercontinental ballistic missiles the various launch methods of intercontinental ballistic missiles have already dazzled us multiple trajectories and multiple Warheads make interception tasks even more difficult today's intercontinental ballistic missile with its strike from the sky must have been a thrilling sight for everyone well dear viewers thank you for continuously following the defense military Channel's military Technology Program see you at the same time next week it is the main reconnaissance and strike integrated drone of the US military known as the reaper wherever there are US troops it is sure to be present it was the of Soviet era fighter jets setting multiple flight records upon its deployment just last month these two aircraft unexpectedly encountered each other over the Black Sea during their Pursuit and confrontation the US mq9 drone fell into the sea so what caused the Reaper drone to meet its end in the sea what are the capabilities of these two aircraft in the next episode of military technology we will delve into the mystery of the Black [Music] [Music] Sea e
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