RT-2

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.

RT-2
SS-13 Savage
TypeIntercontinental ballistic missile
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In service1968-1976
Used bySoviet Strategic Rocket Forces
Specifications
Mass45,100 kg (99,400 lb)
Length21.5 m (71 ft)
EngineThree-stage solid propellant
Operational
range
10,186 km
Guidance
system
autonomous inertial guidance
AccuracyMaximum error: 4 km, CEP: 1900 m,
Launch
platform
silo-based

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

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(10,186 km)[3]

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
RT-2 Test Launches
DateSystemLocationRange (NM)Note
26 Feb 1966RT-2 ModKapustin Yar

General Characteristics
An RT-2
  • Length: 20 m (65.6 ft)
  • Diameter: 1.7 m (5.57 ft)
  • Launch Weight: 34,000 kg (33.46 tons)
  • Guidance: inertial guidance
  • Propulsion: solid, three-stage
  • Warhead: 600kt nuclear
  • Range: 8,000 km (5,000 mi)

Operators
 Soviet Union
The Strategic Rocket Forces were the only operator of the RT-2.
  • RT-2 coverage of United States
  • RT-2 launch facility configuration
  • RT-2 missile complex configuration

See also

References
  1. "Rocket RT-2P". RKK Energia. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  2. Zak, Anatoly. "RT-2". RussianSpaceWeb. Retrieved 17 January 2012.
  3. Defense Intelligence Agency: "SS-13 Ballistic Missile System", 8 November 1973, DIA Task No. T74-10-03

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