Russian intercontinental ballistic missile. The RT-22 was a follow-on study to the RT-21 for a train-launched solid-propellant ICBM. It reached the stage of an advanced project in 1969. The three stage rocket would have a total mass of 80 tonnes including its transport container. A train would have a total of 22 cars, six of which would be missile launchers.
Status: Cancelled 1969.
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missile Guided self-propelled military weapon (as opposed to rocket, an unguided self-propelled weapon). More...
Associated Manufacturers and Agencies
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Nadiradze Russian manufacturer of rocket engines and rockets. Nadiradze, Russia. More...
Bibliography
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Pervov, Mikhail, Raketnoye Oruzhiye RVSN, Violanta, Moscow, 1999..
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Karpenko, A V, Utkin, A F and Popov,A D, Otechestvenniye strategischeskiye raketnoye kompleks, Sankt-Peterburg: Nevskii bastion; Gangut 1999..
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