RT-2
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| 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 | Russian Strategic Rocket Forces |
| Specifications | |
| Weight | 45,100 kg (99,000 lb) |
| Length | 21.5 m (71 ft) |
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| Engine | Three-stage solid propellant |
| Flight altitude | type= hydrgoen |
| Guidance system |
Inertial, autonomous |
| Accuracy | ? m CEP |
| Launch platform |
silo-based |
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. It was designed by OKB-1[1] and about 60 were built by 1972.
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[edit] History
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 that is comparable to the American Minuteman III. 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 two upper stages of the RT-2 were used to develop the RT-15 mobile IRBM system. The RT-2PM Topol is supposedly a modernized version of the RT-2[citation needed]
[edit] Operations
The RT-2 was capable of delivering a 1,200 lb (540 kg) class payload to a maximum operational range of approximately 5,500 nautical miles[3]
[edit] Command and Control
Numbers of launchers were monitored by a single launch control center (LCC). The hardened and dispersed silo concept increased system survivability and provided steady environmental controls from the solid-propellant motors. Normal control of the RT-2 missile force was exercised by Headquarters RVSN, through an intermediate RVSN Army and launch complex headquarters (HCC). A launch complex consisted of an HCC and several LCCs, monitoring numerous underground launchers.
[edit] Flight test history
[edit] Test Launches
| RT-2 Test Launches | |||||
| Date | System | Location | Range (NM) | Note | |
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| 26 Feb 1966 | RT-2 Mod | Kapustin Yar | |||
[edit] General Characteristics
- Length: 20m (65.6ft)
- Diameter: 1.7m (5.57ft)
- Launch Weight: 34,000 kg (33.46 tons)
- Guidance: inertial
- Propulsion: solid, three-stage
- Warhead: 600kt nuclear
- Range: 8,000 km (5,000 mi)
[edit] Operators
Soviet Union- The Strategic Rocket Forces were the only operator of the RT-2.
[edit] Photo gallery
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RT-2 coverage of United States
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RT-2 launch facility configuration
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RT-2 missile complex configuration
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ a b "Rocket RT-2P". RKK Energia. http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/launchers/rocket-rt2p.html. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Zak, Anatoly. "RT-2". RussianSpaceWeb. http://www.russianspaceweb.com/rt2.html. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
- ^ Defense Intelligence Agency: "SS-13 Ballistic Missile System", 8 November 1973, DIA Task No. T74-10-03
- Hogg, Ian (2000). Twentieth-Century Artillery. Friedman/Fairfax Publishers. ISBN 1-58663-299-X
- S.P.Korolev RSC Energia Rocket RT-2P
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