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RT-20P
Type ICBM
Place of origin USSR
Production history
Designed 1961-1962
Specifications
Mass 13,430 kg (29,610 lb)
Length 17.50 m (57.4 ft)
Diameter 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)

Operational
range
11,000 km (6,800 mi)
Guidance
system
inertial
Launch
platform
TEL

The RT-20P[1][2] was an 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"[3] (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.

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SS-15. UK MoD Defence Intelligence drawing.

Operator[]

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UK MoD Defence Intelligence assessment. Complete report montaged.

 Soviet Union
The Strategic Rocket Forces was the only operator of the RT-20.

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