RT-21 Temp 2S

RT-21 Temp 2S SS-16 Sinner
Type	Intercontinental ballistic missile
Service history
In service	1976-1986
Used by	USSR
Production history
Designer	Alexander Nadiradze (Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology)
Manufacturer	Votkinsk Machine Building Plant
Specifications
Mass	43,000 kg
Length	18.5 m
Diameter	1.79 m
Warhead	Single 0.65-1.5 Mt warhead
Engine	Three stage, solid-propellant
Operational range	10,500 km
Guidance system	Inertial
Accuracy	450-1640 m CEP
Launch platform	Mobile launcher vehicle

The RT-21 Temp 2S was a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-16 Sinner and carried the industry designation 15Zh42.

The RT-21 was the first mobile ICBM developed in the world.^{[citation needed]} Its innovative concept and design were created by Alexander Nadiradze. The RT-21M Pioneer (SS-20 Saber) and succeeding missile complexes relied on the SS-16 base concept and were used by Nadiradze for many of his later projects. The program became mired in a series of treaty complications, including questions regarding its use of theatre missile launchers. It is unlikely that the RT-21 ultimately reached deployment, and by the mid-1980s, the program had been scrapped. Its maximum period of storage on a launcher was 5 years, and preparation time for launch was 40 minutes.^[1]

See also[]

• Strategic Missile Troops
• RT-2PM Topol
• RT-2PM2 Topol-M
• RS-24 Yars
• RS-26 Rubezh
• RS-28 Sarmat
• R-36 (missile)
• UR-100N

References[]

External links[]

• Global Security: RT-21 / SS-16 SINNER

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