RT-2 explained

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RT-2
SS-13 Savage
Origin:Soviet Union
Type:Intercontinental ballistic missile
Used By:Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces
Service:1968-1976
Engine:Three-stage solid propellant
Weight:45100kg (99,400lb)
Length:21.5m (70.5feet)
Diameter:1.7m (05.6feet)
Vehicle Range:10,000 km
Guidance: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 until 1976.[1] It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-13 Savage and carried the GRAU index 8K98. Designed by OKB-1,[2] 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

Operations

The RT-2 was capable of delivering a 1200lb class payload to a maximum operational range of approximately 10,000 km (5,500 nautical miles)[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 1966 RT-2 Mod Kapustin Yar

General Characteristics

Operators

: 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 StatesFile:RT-2 possible launch facility configuration.PNG|RT-2 launch facility configurationFile:RT-2 typical deployment complex.PNG|RT-2 missile complex configuration

See also

References

Notes and References

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