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Intermediate range ballistic missile. IOC: 1970. Country: Russia. Status: Cancelled 1965. Department of Defence Designation: SS-15. ASCC Reporting Name: Scrooge. Article Number: 8K99. Manufacturer's Designation: RT-20P. Alternate Designation: SS-XZ. Complex: 8K99.

First and third stages of SS-13. Cancelled after 8 test firings. Claims to have been deployed briefly.

Manufacturer: MITT. Core Diameter: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Total Length: 15.09 m (49.50 ft). Span: 1.80 m (5.90 ft). Maximum range: 4,800 km (2,900 mi). Number Standard Warheads: 1. Standard warhead yield: 1,000 KT. Boost Propulsion: Solid rocket. Cruise Propulsion: Solid rocket. Guidance: Inertial. Total Number Built: 8.


Bibliography:

  • Karpenko, A V, Utkin, A F and Popov,A D, Otechestvenniye strategischeskiye raketnoye kompleks, Sankt-Peterburg: Nevskii bastion; Gangut 1999..


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