UR-100N
The UR-100N, also known as RS-18A, is an intercontinental ballistic missile in service with Soviet and Russian Strategic Missile Troops. The missile was given the NATO reporting name SS-19 Stiletto and carries the industry designation 15A30.
Also recorded as 15A30 · SS-19 Stiletto
UR-100N

Vitaly V. Kuzmin · CC BY-SA 4.0
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- UR-100N SS-19 Stiletto
- Field
- intercontinental ballistic missile
- Region
- Soviet Union
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The UR-100N, also known as RS-18A, is an intercontinental ballistic missile in service with Soviet and Russian Strategic Missile Troops. The missile was given the NATO reporting name SS-19 Stiletto and carries the industry designation 15A30.
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Key facts
Key facts
• Is Missile — yes • Name — UR-100N SS-19 Stiletto • Type — ICBM • Vehicle Range — 10,600 km • Filling — 1 x 1 Mt or 6 x 400 kt • Engine — two-stage liquid fuel • First stage powered by three RD-0233 and one RD-0234 • Second stage powered by a RD-0235 main engine one RD-0236 vernier engine • MIRV Service block use the RD-0237 as steering engine • Guidance — inertial • Accuracy — CEP 300 m • Speed — 7.64 km/s • Length — 27.5 m • Diameter — 2.48 m • Weight — 126.3 t • Payload Capacity — 4,950 kg • Designer — NPO Mashinostroyeniya • Manufacturer — Khrunichev Machine-Building Plant • Service — 1975–present • Used By — Russian Strategic Missile Troops
Development
Development
Development of the UR-100N began at OKB-52 in 1970 and flight tests were carried out from 1973 through 1975. In 1976, the improved UR-100NUTTKh (NATO designation SS-19 Mod 3) version entered development with flight tests in the later half of the decade. The rocket's control system was developed at NPO "Electropribor" (Kharkiv, Ukraine).
Operational history
Operational history
The UR-100N reached initial operating capability in 1974, and by 1978 an inventory of 190 launchers were reached. In 1979, the UR-100UTTKh became operational and by 1983 had replaced many older missiles and reached a maximum inventory of 360 launchers. This had fallen to 300 by 1991, and with the dissolution of the Soviet Union, many in Ukraine became property of that nation. 170 remained in Russia, although treaty obligations required the rearming of the missiles with single warheads. As of 2018, the Strategic Missile Troops had 20 (or more likely just 10) UR-100NUTTKh in active service. Recent political developments have led to rearmament of the missiles with the Avangard hypersonic glide vehicles (HGVs) (NATO designation SS-19 Mod 4) On 27 December 2019, the first missile regiment armed with the Avangard HGV officially entered combat duty. The units previously held by Ukraine have been returned to Russia or decommissioned. US Air Force National Air and Space Intelligence Center estimates that as of June 2017 about 50 Mod 3 launchers were operationally deployed.
Civil application
Civil application
The UR-100N forms the basis of the Rokot space launch system, which was used in several successful launches in the 1990s and early 2000s, and one failed launch of the ESA CryoSat satellite in 2005. After the failure, Rokot launches were suspended. Once the cause was unambiguously identified and corrective measures implemented, Rokot returned to active service on 28 July 2006, with the successful launch of an earth observation satellite for South Korea.
START I treaty
START I treaty
The START I treaty was signed by the Soviet Union in 1991. The treaty required the Soviet Union to begin the process of dismantling nuclear warheads and the launchers used for UR-100N missiles. The Soviet Union had 300 100NUTTH missiles stationed in both Russia and Ukraine: 130 deployed in Ukraine, and the rest scattered around Russia. After the fall of the USSR, Ukraine claimed ownership of all the missiles located in its territory. Ukraine then began dismantling launchers for the UR-100N missiles in compliance with the START I treaty. Nuclear warheads that were deployed in Ukraine were also dismantled following terms of the treaty.
Operators
Operators
•: The Strategic Missile Troops are the only operator of the UR-100N. As of May 2025, 12 Avangard-equipped UR-100N UTTHs are deployed with: • 13th Red Banner Rocket Division at Yasny, Orenburg Oblast
Former operators
Former operators
•: • The Armed Forces of Ukraine inherited a number of missiles from the Soviet Union and turned them over to Russia. After the Budapest Memorandum was signed in 1994, the 43rd Rocket Army shipped more than 1,326 warheads from its nuclear storage depots: 675 warheads in 1994, 477 in 1995 and 174 in 1996. On May 31, 1996, the final train left Ukraine for Russia laden with the last of approximately 1,800 warheads, including more than 400 weapons from the 46th Bomber Army."

Межконтинентальная баллистическая ракета шахтного базирования 15А20 / УР-100К / РС-10 в транспортно-пусковом контейнере 15Я42
Vitaly V. Kuzmin

Межконтинентальная баллистическая ракета шахтного базирования 15А35 / УР-100Н УТТХ / РС-18Б в транспортно-пусковом контейнере 15Я54
Vitaly V. Kuzmin
Description
The UR-100N is a fourth-generation silo-launched liquid-propellant ICBM similar to the UR-100 but with much increased dimensions, mass, performance, and payload. The missile was not designed to use existing UR-100 silos, and therefore had new silos constructed for it. The missile has a preparation time to start of 25 minutes, a storage period of 22 years, and 6 MIRVs.
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- 1.Kristensen, Hans M. SAGE Journals: Your gateway to world-class journal research. Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. 71. 3. 84–97. January 2015. 10.1177/0096340215581363.
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- 3.Krivonosov, Khartron: Computers for rocket guidance systems. web.mit.edu.
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- 7.TASS. 27 December 2019.
- 8.Defense Intelligence Ballistic Missile Analysis Committee. Ballistic and Cruise Missile Threat. 2017.
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- 11.Podvig, Pavel. Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. MIT. 223. 2004. 9780262661812.
- 12.russianforces.org. Avangard missiles put on combat duty in Russia's southern Urals.
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- 17.RD-0237. Encyclopedia Astronautica.
- 18.Zak, Anatoly. UR-100N Family. RussianSpaceWeb.com.
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