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The RT-2 was an intercontinental ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union, which was in service from December 1968[1] until 1976.[2] It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-13 Savage and carried the GRAU index 8K98. Designed by OKB-1,[1] about 60 were built by 1972.
This article relies largely or entirely on a single source. (September 2010) |
RT-2 SS-13 Savage | |
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Type | Intercontinental ballistic missile |
Place of origin | Soviet Union |
Service history | |
In service | 1968-1976 |
Used by | Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces |
Specifications | |
Mass | 45,100 kg (99,400 lb) |
Length | 21.5 m (71 ft) |
Diameter | 1.7 m (5 ft 7 in) |
Engine | Three-stage solid propellant |
Operational range | 10,000 km |
Guidance system | autonomous inertial guidance |
Accuracy | Maximum error: 4 km, CEP: 1900 m, |
Launch platform | silo-based |
The RT-2 was the first solid-propellant ICBM in Soviet service, and was a development of the earlier RT-1 series. It was a three-stage inertially-guided missile comparable to the American Minuteman missile. It was armed with a single 600 kiloton warhead and was silo-launched, although a rail-based version was contemplated by Soviet planners. It was deployed in the Yoshkar-Ola missile field.
The Soviets used the two upper stages of the RT-2 to develop the RT-15 mobile IRBM system. The RT-2PM Topol is supposedly a modernized version of the RT-2[citation needed]
The RT-2 was capable of delivering a 540 kg (1,200 lb) class payload to a maximum operational range of approximately 10,000 km (5,500 nautical miles)[3]
A single launch control center (LCC) monitored numbers of launchers. The hardened and dispersed silo concept increased system survivability and provided steady environmental controls from the solid-propellant motors. Headquarters RVSN exercised normal control of the RT-2 missile force, through an intermediate RVSN Army and launch complex headquarters (HCC). A launch complex consisted of an HCC and several LCCs, monitoring numerous underground launchers.
RT-2 Test Launches | |||||
Date | System | Location | Range (NM) | Note | |
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26 Feb 1966 | RT-2 Mod | Kapustin Yar |
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