RT-21 Temp 2S
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RT-21 Temp 2S SS-16 Sinner | |
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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 | 18,500 mm |
Diameter | 1,790 mm |
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 (Russian: Темп-2С, lit. 'pace') 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 (15Ж42).
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 Pioner and succeeding missile complexes relied on the RT-21 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
[edit]- Strategic Rocket Forces
- SS-16 Temp-2S
- RT-2PM Topol
- RT-2PM2 Topol-M
- RS-24 Yars
- RS-26 Rubezh
- RS-28 Sarmat
- R-36 (missile)
- UR-100N
- TR-1 Temp
References
[edit]- ^ "Russian Ballistic Missiles, баллистические ракеты России". Archived from the original on 2013-03-31. Retrieved 2015-09-14.