Lavochkin (OKB-301) '375' KAR-100 nuclear powered missile

[Molodets]

back to SLAM was there ever a Soviet version of SLAM ?

There was a Soviet version of SLAM, but it didn't progress as far. It was called the KAR (Krylataya Atomnaya Raketa). The Soviets did build some fuel elements for the reactor, but halted the project when it became apparent that the size would be enormous (5 meters in diameter if I remember correctly). I have been unable to find any further data on the project, unfortunately.

 

[flateric]

other KAR internal designation was "375" (OKB-301, 1955-1957)
some tiny details are here
http://engine.aviaport.ru/issues/13/page32.htmlhttp://www.missiles.ru/pvrd.htmhttp://www.niipriborov.ru/history.htmlhttp://www.testpilot.ru/russia/lavochkin/la/350/burya.htm

 

[flateric]

back to SLAM was there ever a Soviet version of SLAM ?

"In 1955-1957, S.A. Lavochkin's OKB-301 conducted preliminary design work on an experimental nuclear cruise missile (KAR = Krylataya Atomnaya Raketa) with a nuclear ramjet designed by M.M. Bondaryuk. Work on the "375" missile did not progress significantly - the KAR turned out to be huge (other sources say length would be 30 m with 5-6 m diameter). Concept was based on Burya ('350') with axisymmetric intake.

 

[Temistocle]

"In 1955-1957, S.A. Lavochkin's OKB-301 conducted preliminary design work on an experimental nuclear cruise missile (KAR = Krylataya Atomnaya Raketa) with a nuclear ramjet designed by M.M. Bondaryuk. Work on the "375" missile did not progress significantly - the KAR turned out to be huge (other sources say length would be 30 m with 5-6 m diameter). Concept was based on Burya ('350') with axisymmetric intake.

Hi Flateric, where did you get that info? Thanks

 

[Molodets]

Hi Flateric, where did you get that info? Thanks

Here are a few photos of a model of the KAR-100, presumably before it had the growth spurt that helped doom it. Unfortunately, the accompanying text does not give any details, at least according to machine translation.
The URL is: https://club.6parkbbs.com/military/index.php?app=forum&act=threadview&tid=15036443
A pdf from a nuclear-related company (I assume it eventually went out of business) also had a higher-resolution copy and can be found here: https://web.archive.org/web/20040615085608/http://www.inertek.ru/pdf/nes_ru.pdf
Another pdf giving a little history on the project (in Russian) can be found here:
https://web.archive.org/web/2016032...7ebf46ed117988/Pamyatniki_nauki_i_tehniki.pdf

 

[JetPropulsion]

Some documents (small part of them), connected with KAR-100, presented here:
https://elib.biblioatom.ru/text/merkin_2019/p131/