The Buran, designated M-40 and sometimes called RSS-40, was a Soviet intercontinental cruise missile designed by the Myasishchev bureau to carry a 3,500 kg hydrogen bomb. Work began in April 1953 as a rocket and aircraft system, and the project was authorised on 20 May 1954 in parallel with the Burya missile. It had two stages: a booster of four RD-213 liquid oxygen and kerosene rocket engines designated M-41, and a cruise stage designated M-42 powered by one RD-020 ramjet, planned to fly at about Mach 3.1 to 3.2 over 8,500 km. Launch mass was 125,000 kg. The project was cancelled in November 1957, with two prototypes ready for flight tests, in favour of the R-7 Semyorka. It is unrelated to the later Buran orbiter.
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was a Soviet intercontinental cruise missile by Myasishchev
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Soviet intercontinental cruise missile
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Status: Canceled before first flight tests
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Engine: 1× RD-020 ramjet
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Oxidizer: Liquid oxygen
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Combustible: Kerosene
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Launch mass: 125000 kg
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