RT-23, 15Ž52, RS-22B, the SS-24 Mod 1 Scalpel
RT-23UTTH, 15Ž60, RS-22A, SS-24 Mod 2 Scalpel
RT-23UTTH, 15Ž61, RS-22V, SS-24 Mod 1 Scalpel
Beginning of the development:
RT-23 - 6. July 1979
RT-23UTTH - 9. August 1983
Design office: design office Južnoje
Manufacturer: Pavlogradský machinery plant
Flight test:
RT-23 - January 1982 - April 1985
RT-23UTTH (15Ž60) - 31. July 1986 - November 1988
RT-23UTTH (15Ž61) - 27. February 1985 - 22. December 1987
Combat duty:
RT-23UTTH (15Ž60) - 19. August 1988
RT-23UTTH (15Ž61) - 20. October 1987
Entry into service:
RT-23 - experimental use from November 1987
RT-23UTTH - 28. November 1989
Number of grades: 3
Propulsion: solid fuel
Launchers:
RT-23 mobile launchers, placed on a railroad car (cold shot)
RT-23UTTH (15Ž60) - silo (cold shot)
RT-23UTTH (15Ž61) - mobile launchers, placed on a railroad car (cold shot)
The number of warheads and strength:
MIRV 10x 550 kt
The combat payload: 4050 kg
Maximum reach:
RT-23UTTH (15Ž60) - 10450 km
RT-23UTTH (15Ž61) - 10100 km
Directions: autonomous inertial
Accuracy: the maximum error of 500 m
Length:
RT-23UTTH (15Ž60) - 22.4 m (with a container)
RT-23UTTH (15Ž61) - 22.6 m (with a container)
Maximum diameter: 2.4 m
Starting weight: 104.5 t
The mass of the fuel:
Oxidant:
Fuel:
Thrust (sea level/vacuum):
210 t (first grade), 107 t (second level), 21 t (third degree)
Specific impulse (sea level/vacuum):
Preparing to launch:
Service life: 10 years
Source: Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, Pavel Podvig, Oleg Bucharin, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2001
(original: Raketnije troops strategičeskogo naznačenija).
RT-23UTTH, 15Ž60, RS-22A, SS-24 Mod 2 Scalpel
RT-23UTTH, 15Ž61, RS-22V, SS-24 Mod 1 Scalpel
Beginning of the development:
RT-23 - 6. July 1979
RT-23UTTH - 9. August 1983
Design office: design office Južnoje
Manufacturer: Pavlogradský machinery plant
Flight test:
RT-23 - January 1982 - April 1985
RT-23UTTH (15Ž60) - 31. July 1986 - November 1988
RT-23UTTH (15Ž61) - 27. February 1985 - 22. December 1987
Combat duty:
RT-23UTTH (15Ž60) - 19. August 1988
RT-23UTTH (15Ž61) - 20. October 1987
Entry into service:
RT-23 - experimental use from November 1987
RT-23UTTH - 28. November 1989
Number of grades: 3
Propulsion: solid fuel
Launchers:
RT-23 mobile launchers, placed on a railroad car (cold shot)
RT-23UTTH (15Ž60) - silo (cold shot)
RT-23UTTH (15Ž61) - mobile launchers, placed on a railroad car (cold shot)
The number of warheads and strength:
MIRV 10x 550 kt
The combat payload: 4050 kg
Maximum reach:
RT-23UTTH (15Ž60) - 10450 km
RT-23UTTH (15Ž61) - 10100 km
Directions: autonomous inertial
Accuracy: the maximum error of 500 m
Length:
RT-23UTTH (15Ž60) - 22.4 m (with a container)
RT-23UTTH (15Ž61) - 22.6 m (with a container)
Maximum diameter: 2.4 m
Starting weight: 104.5 t
The mass of the fuel:
Oxidant:
Fuel:
Thrust (sea level/vacuum):
210 t (first grade), 107 t (second level), 21 t (third degree)
Specific impulse (sea level/vacuum):
Preparing to launch:
Service life: 10 years
Source: Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces, Pavel Podvig, Oleg Bucharin, MIT Press, Cambridge, 2001
(original: Raketnije troops strategičeskogo naznačenija).
