RT-21 Temp 2S
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The RT-21 Temp 2S was a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile
developed by the Soviet Union
during the Cold War
. It was assigned the NATO reporting name
SS-16 Sinner and carried the industry designation 15Zh42.
The RT-21 was the first mobile ICBM developed by the Soviet Union. It relied heavily on the RT-21M Pioner (SS-20 Saber), a shorter-range missile, for its technology. The program became mired in a series of treaty complications, including questions regarding its use of theatre missile launchers. Ultimately, it is unlikely that the RT-21 reached deployment, and by the mid-1980s, the program had been scrapped.
Intercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile is a ballistic missile with a long range typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery...
developed by the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. It was assigned the NATO reporting name
NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are classified code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc...
SS-16 Sinner and carried the industry designation 15Zh42.
The RT-21 was the first mobile ICBM developed by the Soviet Union. It relied heavily on the RT-21M Pioner (SS-20 Saber), a shorter-range missile, for its technology. The program became mired in a series of treaty complications, including questions regarding its use of theatre missile launchers. Ultimately, it is unlikely that the RT-21 reached deployment, and by the mid-1980s, the program had been scrapped.