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Between the 1976 and 1981 with
the Naval fleet of the Soviet Union entered service fourteen 667 BRD
"Kalmar" ("Delta III") class nuclear submarines,
carrying RSM-50 "Volna" (Wave) submarine launched
intercontinental ballistic missiles known as SS-N-18 "Stingray"
with NATO countries. Each submarine carried 16 missiles with a range of
fire in 6 500 kilometers. Missiles featured combat part with 3 nuclear
warheads.
The RSM-50 is a Soviet third
generation intercontinental ballistic missile. It was the first in the
world submarine launched ballistic missile to carry a MIRV warhead with an
intercontinental range of fire.
There were developed two
more variants of the RSM-50 "Volna" missile with a single RV and
with 7 MIRV warheads. Both of them featured extended range of fire. In
1991 Soviet Union operated 60 RSM-50 missiles carried by 5 "Kalmar"
class submarines in the North fleet and 144 missiles carried by 9 "Kalmar's"
in the Pacific fleet.
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