RT-2
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{{Infobox weapon
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|name=RT-2
SS-13 Savage
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File:RT-2 (8K98) ICBM in Perm.jpg
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|origin= Soviet Union
|type=Intercontinental ballistic missile
|used_by= Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces
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|service=1968-1976
|engine=Three-stage solid propellant
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|weight={{convert|45100|kg|abbr=on}}
|length={{convert|21.5|m|abbr=on}}
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|diameter={{convert|1.7|m|abbr=on}}
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|vehicle_range=10,000 km
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|guidance=autonomous inertial guidance
|accuracy=Maximum error: 4 km, CEP: 1900 m,
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|launch_platform=silo-based
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The RT-2 was an intercontinental ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union, which was in service from December 1968 until 1976.{{cite web|url=http://www.russianspaceweb.com/rt2.html|title=RT-2|first=Anatoly|last=Zak|work=RussianSpaceWeb|access-date=17 January 2012}} It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-13 Savage and carried the GRAU index 8K98. Designed by OKB-1,{{cite web|url=http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/launchers/rocket-rt2p.html|title=Rocket RT-2P|publisher=RKK Energia|access-date=17 January 2012}} about 60 were built by 1972.
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 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|date=January 2012}}
Operations
The RT-2 was capable of delivering a {{convert|1200|lb|abbr=on|order=flip}} class payload to a maximum operational range of approximately 10,000 km (5,500 nautical miles)Defense Intelligence Agency: "SS-13 Ballistic Missile System", 8 November 1973, DIA Task No. T74-10-03
=Command and Control=
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.
Flight test history
=Test Launches=
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| colspan="6" style="text-align:center;"| RT-2 Test Launches | ||||
| Date | System | Location | Range (NM) | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 26 Feb 1966 | RT-2 Mod | Kapustin Yar |
General Characteristics
- Length: 20,000 mm (65.6 ft)
- Diameter: 1,700 mm (5.57 ft)
- Launch Weight: 34,000 kg (33.46 tons)
- Guidance: inertial guidance
- Propulsion: solid, three-stage
- Warhead: 600kt nuclear
- Range: {{convert|10000|km|mi|abbr=on|order=flip}}
Operators
; {{USSR}}: The Strategic Rocket Forces were the only operator of the RT-2.
Photo gallery
File:RT-2 maximum range coverage of United States.PNG|RT-2 coverage of United States
File:RT-2 possible launch facility configuration.PNG|RT-2 launch facility configuration
File:RT-2 typical deployment complex.PNG|RT-2 missile complex configuration
See also
References
{{Reflist}}
- Hogg, Ian (2000). Twentieth-Century Artillery. Friedman/Fairfax Publishers. {{ISBN|1-58663-299-X}}
- [http://www.energia.ru/english/energia/launchers/rocket-rt2p.html S.P.Korolev RSC Energia Rocket RT-2P]
External links
{{Commons category|RT-2}}
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