{"id":23411,"date":"2025-11-08T06:49:40","date_gmt":"2025-11-08T01:19:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=23411"},"modified":"2025-11-10T16:49:00","modified_gmt":"2025-11-10T11:19:00","slug":"bulava-missile","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bulava-missile\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Bulava Missile?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>About Bulava Missile:<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>RSM-56 <strong>Bulava<\/strong> (NATO reporting name: <strong>SS-N-32<\/strong>) is a <strong>Russian submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile <\/strong>(ICBM).<\/li>\n<li>Designed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, <strong>development<\/strong> of the missile was <strong>launched in the late 1990s<\/strong>, and is designed <strong>to be deployed on Russia\u2019s Borei-class submarines.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Bulava represents a <strong>core component of Russia\u2019s<\/strong> future <strong>strategic nuclear force<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Features<\/strong>:\n<ul>\n<li>It is a <strong>three-stage solid-propellant<\/strong> missile.<\/li>\n<li>The missile has a <strong>launch mass<\/strong> of about <strong>36.8 tonnes<\/strong> and a throw weight of 1,150 kg.<\/li>\n<li>It measures 12.1 meters in length in a launch container and 2 meters in diameter.\u00a0<\/li>\n<li>Bulava has a <strong>maximum range of 8,300 km<\/strong> (5,160 miles) and a <strong>payload of up to 10 multiple independently targetable re-entry vehicles,<\/strong> or MIRVs, capable of <strong>delivering nuclear warheads<\/strong> to different targets.<\/li>\n<li>The missile\u2019s RVs are <strong>capable of in-flight maneuverability and re-targeting <\/strong>to out maneuver any enemy defense.<\/li>\n<li>The RVs have an expected accuracy of around 250 to 300 m.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1: What are Ballistic Missiles?<\/h3>\n<p>Ballistic missiles are powered initially by a rocket or series of rockets in stages, but then follow an unpowered trajectory that arches upwards before descending to reach its intended target. Ballistic missiles can carry either nuclear or conventional warheads.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hindustantimes.com\/videos\/putin-adds-new-nuclear-missile-to-russias-arsenal-how-deadly-is-bulava-submarine-launched-icbm-101715719145202.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Putin Adds New Nuclear Missile To Russia&#8217;s Arsenal: How Deadly Is Bulava Submarine-Launched ICBM?<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About Bulava Missile: RSM-56 Bulava (NATO reporting name: SS-N-32) is a Russian submarine-launched intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM). Designed by the Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology, development of the missile was launched in the late 1990s, and is designed to be deployed on Russia\u2019s Borei-class submarines. Bulava represents a core component of Russia\u2019s future strategic nuclear &#8230; <a title=\"What is Bulava Missile?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/bulava-missile\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What is Bulava Missile?\" target=\"_blank\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":23412,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-23411","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23411","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23411"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/23411\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23411"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=23411"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=23411"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}