RT-23 / SS-24 SCALPEL

Specifications
	R & D	Mod-	Mod-2	Mod-1
DIA	SS-24 PL-04	SS-24	SS-24V	SS-24
NATO	Scalpel	Scalpel	Scalpel	Scalpel
Bilateral		RS-22B	RS-22A	RS-22V
Service	RT-23	RT-23	RT-23 UTTKh	RT-23 UTTKh
OKB/Industry	15Zh44	15Zh52	15Zh60	15Zh61
Design Bureau	SKB-586, NPO Yuzhynoy Acad. V. F. Utkin	SKB-586, NPO Yuzhnoye Acad. V. F. Utkin	SKB-586, NPO Yuzhnoye Acad. V. F. Utkin	SKB-586, NPO Yuzhnoye Acad. V. F. Utkin
Approved	7/23/1976	6/1/1979	8/9/1983	8/9/1983
Years of R&D	1/1969 ? 3/1977	11/1982 - 1987	1983 - 1989/TD>	1983 - 1989
Engineering and Testing	1985-87
First Flight Test	10/26/82 Failure, 12/1982 Success	4/ /1984	7/31/1986	2/27/1985
IOC	canceled	10/20/87	8/19/1988	12/1987
Deployment Date	Canceled	11/ /1987	11/28/1989	11/28/1989
Type of Warhead	MIRV	MIRV	MIRV	MIRV
Warheads	10	10	10	10
Yield (Mt)	0.55	0.35 -0.55	0.35 -0.55	0.3 -0.55
Payload (t)	4.05	4.05	4.05	4.05
Total length (m)	23.3	23.4 - 23.8	18.8 - 23.4	23.3
Total length w/o warhead (m)	18.8, 19	19	19	19
Missile Diameter (m)	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4
Launch Weight (t)	104.5	104.5	104.5	104.5
Range (km)	10,000	10,000 - 11,000	10,100 -11,000	10,100 - 10,450
CEP (m) (Russian Sources)	500	500	500	500
CEP (m) (Western Sources)	150-250	150-250	150-250	150-250
Basing Mode		Silo	Silo	Railroad

Number of Stages		3
Canister length (m)	21.0 - 22.4
Canister length w/o Front meters (m)	19.4
Canister diameter (m)	2.7
Booster guidance system	Inertial autonomous

	1 Stage	2nd Stage	3rd Stage	Bus Stage
Length (m) M1	9.7	4.8	3.6
Length (m) M2	9.5
Body diameter (m)	2.4	2.4	2.4	2.4
Fueled weight (t) M2	52.5
Fueled weight (t) M1	53.7
Dry weight (t)
Design Bureau
Solid Motor Designation	15D305	15D339
Propellants	Solid Propellant	Solid Propellant	Solid Propellant
Burning time (sec.)
Solid Motor Thrust Sea Level/Vacuum (Tonnes)	?/210	107	21
Specific Impulse (sec.)

Hardness
Launching Technique	Cold
Deployed boosters	56
Test Boosters
Warheads Deployed	560
Training Launchers
Space Booster Variant	Yes, concept only Space Clipper

Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)