RT-2

Also known as 8K98, SS-13 Savage, Savage

The RT-2 was an intercontinental ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union, which was in service from December 1968 until 1976. It was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-13 Savage and carried the GRAU index 8K98. Designed by OKB-1, about 60 were built by 1972.

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It sits within the topics Arsenal Plant (Saint Petersburg) products, Cold War intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union and Intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union.

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Key facts

Weapon.is_missile: yes
Weapon.name: RT-2SS-13 Savage
Weapon.image: 250px|center
Weapon.origin: Soviet Union
Weapon.type: Intercontinental ballistic missile
Weapon.used_by: Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces
Weapon.service: 1968-1976
Weapon.engine: Three-stage solid propellant
Weapon.vehicle_range: 10,000 km
Weapon.guidance: autonomous inertial guidance
Weapon.accuracy: Maximum error: 4 km, CEP: 1900 m,
Weapon.launch_platform: silo-based

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Wikidata facts

Subclass of: intercontinental ballistic missile
Operator: Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces
Country of origin: Soviet Union
Developer: Sergei Korolev
Manufacturer: Motovilikha Plants
Image: Ss13 missile.jpg

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Commons category: RT-2
service entry: 1968-01-01
service retirement: 1976-01-01
NATO reporting name: Savage

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections

Contents

History
Operations
Command and Control
Flight test history
Test Launches
General Characteristics
Operators
Photo gallery
See also
References
External links

==History== 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.

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