RT-20P
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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 |
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.
Operator
- Soviet Union
- The Strategic Rocket Forces was the only operator of the RT-20.
See also
External links
- RT-20P/SS-15 Scrooge, at www.globalsecurity.org
References
- ^ https://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/rt-20p.htm?ezoic_amp=1
- ^ https://books.google.pl/books?id=UzAqDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA177&lpg=PA177&dq=rt-20p+designed&source=bl&ots=ivLgG71xuI&sig=VMnKnqnyS_kZ2MdSO6luWKBqkJ8&hl=pl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwj5i9T6pc3aAhXMyqQKHTHNBuoQ6AEIYjAK#v=onepage&q=rt-20p%20designed&f=false
- ^ Krivonosov, Khartron: Computers for rocket guidance systems