RT-20P | |
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Type | ICBM |
Place of origin | USSR |
Production history | |
Designed | 1961-1964 |
Produced | 1964-1967 |
Specifications | |
Mass | 30,200 kg (66,600 lb) +545 kg (1,202 lb) (Light Warhead version) +1,410 kg (3,110 lb) (Heavy Warhead version) |
Length | 17.48 m (57.3 ft) 'Light' Warhead 17.80 m (58.4 ft) 'Heavy' Warhead |
Diameter | 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in) |
Warhead | Single 0.4 MT 'Light' Warhead or Single 1 MT 'Heavy' Warhead |
Engine | Solid fueled First Stage Liquid fueled Second Stage First stage: 15D15 Solid Rocket Motor Second Stage: RD-857 Liquid Rocket Engine[1] |
Propellant | Solid Propellant AK-27P + UDMH |
Operational range | 11,000 km (6,800 mi) (Light warhead) 8,000 km (5,000 mi) (Heavy warhead) |
Guidance system | inertial |
Accuracy | CEP 4 km |
Launch platform | TEL; platform based on T-10 tank |
The RT-20P[2][3] was an experimental 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"[4] (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. Its launch platform was based on the T-10 tank.