RT-2

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RT-2 SS-13 Savage
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)
Engine	Three-stage solid propellant
Operational range	10,186 km
Guidance system	autonomous inertial guidance
Accuracy	Maximum error: 4 km, CEP: 1900 m,
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. Designed by OKB-1,^[1] 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]}

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[]

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.

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

See also[]

• RT-2PM Topol
• List of missiles
• List of rockets

References[]

• Hogg, Ian (2000). Twentieth-Century Artillery. Friedman/Fairfax Publishers. ISBN 1-58663-299-X
• S.P.Korolev RSC Energia Rocket RT-2P

External links[]

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