RT-2
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.
RT-2
SS-13 Savage
1968-1976
Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces
45,100 kg (99,400 lb)
21.5 m (71 ft)
1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Three-stage solid propellant
10,000 km
autonomous inertial guidance
Maximum error: 4 km, CEP: 1900 m,
silo-based
History[edit]
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
RT-2 coverage of United States
RT-2 launch facility configuration
RT-2 missile complex configuration
