RT-21 Temp 2S

The RT-21 Temp 2S (Russian: Темп-2С, lit.'pace') was a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was assigned the NATO reporting nameSS-16 Sinner and carried the industry designation 15Zh42 (15Ж42).

The RT-21 was the first mobile ICBM developed in the world. Its innovative concept and design were created by Alexander Nadiradze. The RSD-10 Pioneer and succeeding missile complexes relied on the RT-21 base concept and were used by Nadiradze for many of his later projects. The program became mired in a series of treaty complications, including questions regarding its use of theatre missile launchers. It is unlikely that the RT-21 ultimately reached deployment, and by the mid-1980s, the program had been scrapped. Its maximum period of storage on a launcher was 5 years, and preparation time for launch was 40 minutes.^[1]

• Strategic Rocket Forces
• RT-2PM Topol
• RT-2PM2 Topol-M
• RS-24 Yars
• RS-26 Rubezh
• RS-28 Sarmat
• R-36 (missile)
• UR-100N
• TR-1 Temp

• Global Security: RT-21 / SS-16 SINNER