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So, SS-27 STALIN?

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Apparently NATO Reporting names are still alive; I think this may have been assigned to the Topol-M. 8)

Other names which may have been assigned are

SA-22 Greyhound (Pantsir-S1) and SA-24 Grinch (9K338 9M342 Igla-S)

SO is there anyway I could check up on this to see if these are actually real or just internet made up crap?

Stuart? :P
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Aren't ballistic missiles named with the S-designator? So we've got Scud, Satan, Scarp, and etcetera.

I don't think they'd call it "Greyhound" or "Grinch". I mean, why the letter G as opposed to the standard S?

(Wiki says G is only for ground-to-air missiles)

I think a surface-to-surface ballistic missile named Stalin would be awesome.

Maybe if the Russians start using laser weapons, the reporting names would start with the letter L. L-1 Lenin!
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The SA-22 Greyhound (Pantsir-S1) and SA-24 Grinch (9K338 9M342 Igla-S) are surface to air missile systems, not ballistic missiles.
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Oh... I thought Shep was saying that the Topol-M was designated as "SA-22 Greyhound". My mistake.
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The only places I've seen these names are Wikipedia, but I find these names are generally correct- years ago I first learned from the net that the S-300PM had been redesignated SA-20 GARGOYLE, and it turned out to be true.
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On the other hand, an ICBM named the Stalin would actually be kinda cool. It appeals to my own inner supervillain. :twisted:
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Patrick Degan wrote:On the other hand, an ICBM named the Stalin would actually be kinda cool. It appeals to my own inner supervillain. :twisted:
Still not as cool as the SS-18 "Satan". 8)
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Stalin > Satan. Can a fictional character send you to the gulag? No. Well, Stalin can't either - since he's dead. But when he was around, your grandparents probably had to watch themselves, mang! :P


So, when laser weapons become operational in the near future, we will probably be getting letter L designations!

L-1 LENIN laser systems!

Or particle/plasma weapons! The PU-36 PUTIN!
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How about an orbit kinetic bombardment system?

It could be called the Khrushchev, and be disguised in a shoe shape!
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In fifty years, NATO analysts will spend most of their time flipping through dictionaries trying to find new S-names.

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PeZook wrote:In fifty years, NATO analysts will spend most of their time flipping through dictionaries trying to find new S-names.

S-54 SANDWICH ahoy! :D
Doing it wrong. It'll be the Sandvich. :lol:
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About the Topol-M, anyway, what's up with this supposed ability to evade ABM systems? Is that really credible?
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Scottish Ninja wrote:Is that really credible?
No it isn't.

An incoming RV has a very limited Δv (dedicated to fine adjustments to the impact zone) and no practical ability to even see any outbound interceptors. Even if it could see the interceptors, that limited Δv means that it couldn't avoid them.

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