Launch of the Topol-M intercontinental missile from the ground complex and underground mine

The PT-2PM2 "Topol-M" complex (code PC-12M2, according to the HATO — SS-27 Sickle "Sickle" classification) is a Russian strategic missile system with an intercontinental ballistic missile, developed in the late 1980s-early 1990s on the basis of the PT-2PM "Topol"complex. The first intercontinental ballistic missile developed in Russia after the collapse of the CCCP. The seal entered service in 1997. The Moscow Institute of Thermal Engineering (MIT) is the main developer of the missile system. The Topol-M missile system appears solid-fuel, three-stage. Preliminary range-11,000 km. It carries one thermonuclear warhead with a capacity of 550 kt. The missile is based both in staggered launchers (SHPU) and on mobile launchers. B the mine version of the foundation was put into service in 2000.