[Diogenesis]

Silkworm missile stored at Umm Qasr in Iraq.

MAKER: CHINA
TYPE: CRUISE MISSILE
LENGTH: 20 FEET 6 INCHES
SPAN: 9 FEET 2 INCHES
RANGE: 50 MILES
DIAMETER: 29.5 INCHES
WEIGHT: 5,500 POUNDS EMPTY
ENGINE: SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER - LIQUID ROCKET CRUISE
TOP SPEED: MACH .8
WEAPON LOAD: 852 POUNDS HIGH EXPLOSIVE

[sam_paine]

I realize that the guidance and payload (conventional/nuke) are not tubes like in the old Regulus.....but all this "advanced" weaponry of the China/Iran/etc set sure as hell looks like a 1960's Regulus II cruise missile to me!!!!

2006?

1959

MAKER: CHINA

TYPE: CRUISE MISSILE
LENGTH: 20 FEET 6 INCHES
SPAN: 9 FEET 2 INCHES
RANGE: 50 MILES
DIAMETER: 29.5 INCHES
WEIGHT: 5,500 POUNDS EMPTY
ENGINE: SOLID ROCKET BOOSTER - LIQUID ROCKET CRUISE
TOP SPEED: MACH 0.8
WEAPON LOAD: 852 POUNDS HIGH EXPLOSIVE

	XRSSM-N-9	XSSM-N-9 (RGM-15A)
Length (w/o pitot tube)	17.52 m (57 ft 6 in); incl. pitot tube: 19.53 m (64 ft 1 in)
Diameter	1.27 m (50 in)
Wingspan	6.12 m (20 ft 1 in)
Weight (w/o booster)	10400 kg (23000 lb); booster: 3170 kg (7000 lb)
Speed	Mach 1.8	Mach 2
Ceiling	14300 m (47000 ft)	18000 m (59000 ft)
Range	550 km (300 nm)	1850 km (1000 nm)
Propulsion	Cruise: Wright J65-W-6 turbojet; 65 kN (14600 lb) Booster: Aerojet General solid-fueled rocket; 511 kN (115000 lb)	Cruise: General Electric J79-GE-3 turbojet; 69 kN (15600 lb) Booster: Rocketdyne solid-fueled rocket; 600 kN (135000 lb)
Warhead	none	W-27 thermonuclear (2 MT)