RS-14 Temp-2S
RS-14 Temp-2S | |
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General Information | |
Type | ICBM |
Local name | RS-14 Temp-2S, RT-21, 15P642, 15Sch42 |
NATO designation | SS-16 Sinner |
Country of origin | Soviet Union |
Manufacturer | Nadiradze and Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering |
development | 1969 |
Commissioning | 1976 |
Working time | 1985 |
Technical specifications | |
length | 18.50 m |
diameter | 1,790 mm |
Combat weight | 37,000 - 44,200 kg |
Drive First stage Second stage Third stage |
Solid solid solid |
Range | 9,200-10,500 km |
Furnishing | |
steering | Inertial navigation system |
Warhead | 1 nuclear warhead with 650 or 1,500 kT |
Detonator | Programmed detonator |
Weapon platforms | MAZ-547 truck |
CEP |
500-1,600 m |
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The RS-14 Temp-2S was a vehicle-mounted ballistic ICBM from Soviet production. The NATO designation is SS-16 Sinner . The system index of the Soviet armed forces is RT-21 . When it went into service, the RS-14 was the world's first mobile ICBM system.
development
In 1969, under Alexander Nadiradze, the design offices of the Moscow Institute for Thermal Engineering (MIT) began developing the system. The RS-14 was introduced to the Soviet armed forces in 1976. In the years that followed, 60 launch and transport vehicles and 200 missiles were manufactured.
The RS-14 formed the basis for the later ICBM systems RSD-10 , RS-12M and RS-12M2 .
technology
The RS-14 was a three-stage solid fuel rocket. As a fuel , the RS-14 used the PAL-17/7 fuel based on butyl rubber . Control was carried out using an inertial navigation platform . A precision ( CEP ) of 500–1,300 m (depending on the shooting distance) was achieved.
The system was mounted on the all-terrain MAZ-547 -12 × 12- truck . The Soviet Forces system index for this vehicle is 82SCP2. The system was mobile and quick to install. A minimum reaction time from the drive to the rocket firing of less than 20 minutes was achieved. Each vehicle was armed with a 15Sch42 missile. The development of a launch complex with caterpillar drive (Object 825) has been discontinued.
Due to the relatively poor accuracy of hits, the SS-16 can only be used against so-called "soft targets" such as population centers, industrial complexes , port facilities and railway junctions . US and NATO experts rate the SS-16 as an effective second-strike weapon .
status
All RS-14 systems were stationed in the Plesetsk area. In the course of the SALT II disarmament negotiations, all systems were decommissioned and scrapped in 1985.
See also
literature
- Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces by Frank von Hippel, Pavel Podvig
- JANE'S STRATEGIC WEAPON SYSTEMS Edition 2003 Jane's Verlag
- Land-based Soviet / Russian ballistic guided missiles DTIG - Defense Threat Informations Group, July 2005
- Soviet-Russian Strategic Missile Complexes AW Karpenko; ADPopow; Ju.S. Solomonov; AFUtkin; - Elbe-Dnjepr-Verlag 2006
Web links
- Globalsecurity.org
- www.dtig.org ( Memento from October 29, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Overview of ballistic guided missiles from Russian production (German)
- Missilethreat.com
- Temp-2S in the Encyclopedia Astronautica (English)