This is the Soviet SS-25 'Sickle' Inter-Continental Ballistic Missile. Amazing piece of engineering isn't it? It can carry a 550 kilo-ton nuclear warhead (the bomb dropped on Hiroshima was just 22 kilo-tons!) halfway across the world.
The amount of death and destruction it can bring is simply unbelievable.
We should be thankful that these were never launched in anger.
Specs
Length: 20.5 m
Body diameter: 1st-stage 1.8 m; 2nd-stage 1.55 m; 3rd-stage 1.34 m
Launch weight: 45,100 kg
Payload: Single RV on a PBV
Warhead: 550 kT nuclear
Guidance: Computer-controlled inertial
Propulsion: 3-stage solid plus PBV
Range: 10,500 km
Accuracy: 200 m CEP
Man I love all things nuclear!
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Cheerful aren't you ? Think about happy things ,you do
But didn't the Russians say, after the Cold War, that a lot of their weapons they used in parades and such were fake. Just used to put on a show of strength. Howdy from the states. Nice site
Thanks for the comment.
Actually this was a real and working weapon. That is why it has a NATO designation of 'Sickle'. Its original name is 'Topol'
(RT-2PM) and before the end of the Cold War it was one of the most trusted missiles of the Soviet ICBM collection.
If you are interested in finding out more here is an interesting article:
http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/rt-2pm.htm
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