Tuesday, December 2, 2014

Zvezda 1/72 RT-2PM "TOPOL", SS-25 "SICKLE"

The RT-2PM Topol (Russian: РТ-2ПМ Тополь ("Poplar"); NATO reporting name SS-25 Sickle; GRAU designation: 15Ж58 ("15Zh58"); other designations: RS-12M Topol)[3] is a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile designed in the Soviet Union and in service with Russia's Strategic Missile Troops.









Type : Intercontinental ballistic missile
Place of origin  : Soviet Union
In service : 1985–present
Used by : Russian Strategic Missile Troops
Designer : Alexander Nadiradze (Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology), continued after his death by Boris N. Lapygin.
Manufacturer : Votkinsk Machine Building Plant
Weight : 45,100 kg (99,400 lb)
Length : 21.5 m (71 ft)
Diameter : 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Warhead : Single 800 kt warhead
Engine : Three-stage solid propellant
Operational range : 10,500 km (6,500 mi)
Speed : approx. 7 km/s
Guidance system :  Inertial, autonomous
Accuracy : 200 m CEP
Launch platform : Road-mobile TEL

Source : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/RT-2PM_Topol