RT-2PM Topol

RT-2PM Topol SS-25 Sickle
A Topol on a MAZ-7917 mobile launcher at a Victory Day Anniversary Parade Rehearsal in Moscow, 2007.
Type	Intercontinental ballistic missile
Place of origin	Soviet Union
Service history
In service	1985–2023
Used by	Russian Strategic Missile Troops
Production history
Designer	Alexander Nadiradze[1](Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology), continued after his death by Boris N. Lapygin.
Manufacturer	Votkinsk Machine Building Plant
Produced	1985
Specifications
Mass	50,100 kg (110,500 lb)
Length	23.5 m (77 ft)
Diameter	2.17 m (7 ft 1 in)
Warhead	1 x 800 kt or 1 x 1 Mt
Engine	Three-stage Solid-fuel rocket
Operational range	12,500 km (7,800 mi)
Maximum speed	approx. 7.4 kilometres per second (27,000 km/h; 17,000 mph; Mach 22)
Guidance system	Inertial, autonomous
Accuracy	200-900m[2] m CEP
Launch platform	Road-mobile TEL

The RT-2PM Topol^[3] (Russian: РТ-2ПМ Тополь ("Poplar"); NATO reporting name SS-25 Sickle; GRAU designation: 15Ж58 ("15Zh58"); START I designation: RS-12M Topol)^[4] was a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile designed in the Soviet Union and in service with Russia's Strategic Missile Troops. As of 2014^[update], Russia planned to replace all RT-2PM ICBMs with versions of Topol-M.^[5] In December 2023, the last Topol regiment was taken off combat duty.^[6]