RT-20P
RT-20P | |
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Type | ICBM |
Place of origin | USSR |
Production history | |
Designed | 1961-1962 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 13,430 kg (29,610 lb) |
Length | 17.50 m (57.4 ft) |
Diameter | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Operational range | 11,000 km (6,800 mi) |
Guidance system | inertial |
Launch platform | TEL; platform based on T-10 tank |
The RT-20P[1][2] was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed but not deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The control system for it was designed at NPO "Electropribor"[3] (Kharkiv, Ukraine). It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-15 Scrooge and carried the GRAU index 8K99. The RT-20 was the first mobile ICBM designed by the Soviet Union. Its launch platform was based on the T-10 tank.
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/93/Defe44-163-fig8-SS15-Scrooge-stitched.jpg/220px-Defe44-163-fig8-SS15-Scrooge-stitched.jpg)
SS-15. UK MoD Defence Intelligence drawing.
Operator[]
Soviet Union
- The Strategic Rocket Forces was the only operator of the RT-20.
Gallery[]
UK MoD Defence Intelligence assessment. Complete report montaged.
RT-20 next to a larger Tsyklon-3 on display in downtown Dnipro.
See also[]
External links[]
- RT-20P/SS-15 Scrooge, at www.globalsecurity.org
References[]
- ^ "Rt-20P / Ss-15 Scrooge".
- ^ Kinnear, James; Sewell, Stephen (2017-06-29). Soviet T-10 Heavy Tank and Variants. ISBN 9781472820525.
- ^ Krivonosov, Khartron: Computers for rocket guidance systems
Categories:
- Cold War intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union
- Intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union
- Military equipment introduced in the 1960s
- Missile stubs
- Russian military stubs