RT-20P
| RT-20P | |
|---|---|
CEP 4 km | |
Launch platform | TEL; platform based on T-10 tank |
The RT-20PGRAU 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.
History
In the late 50s, the USSR started studying the usage of
ICBMs
to improve their performance.
From 1961 to 1962, several concepts of the missile were proposed at OKB-586 and in 1963 development was transferred to their R&D, with the ultimate goal of creating an ICBM with a total mass of no more than 30 tons. In 1964, preliminary design of the missile was completed and test firings of the engines commenced in 1965.
On September 27, 1967, the missile had its first test flight[5] and from October 1967 onward, flight tests of the missile were carried out at the 53rd Scientific Research Proving Ground (53rd NIIP). On October 6, 1969, development of the missile was discontinued to unwillingness of the Strategic Rocket Forces to work with a missile containing both liquid and solid propellant.[6]
Despite never being deployed, the missile provided the groundwork for other mobile ICBMs, such as the RT-21 Temp 2S and the RT-2PM Topol.[5]
Operator
Soviet Union- The Strategic Rocket Forces was the only operator of the RT-20.
Gallery
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UK MoD Defence Intelligence assessment. Complete report montaged. -
See also
External links
- RT-20P/SS-15 Scrooge, at www.globalsecurity.org
References
- ^ "RD-857". astronautix.com. Archived from the original on 16 January 2010.
- ^ "Rt-20P / Ss-15 Scrooge". globalsecurity.org.
- ISBN 9781472820525.
- ^ Krivonosov, Khartron: Computers for rocket guidance systems
- ^ a b A. A. Bashlakova (2007). Северный космодром России [Northern Cosmodrome of Russia] (PDF) (in Russian). p. 480-481.
- ISBN 9667482006.