RT-2PM "Topol" (NATO designation: SS-25 Sickle) is a Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile of the ICBM class of the Cold War period. 1000 kilograms. The SS-25 missile turned out to be the first missile of the ICBM class on a car platform, which served in regular units. Work on the Topol RT-2PM system began in 1977, and work was divided between the Moscow MITT plants and the Titan Design Bureau in Volgograd. Work on the system after 1979 violated the provisions of the SALT II Disarmament Treaty. The RT-2PM "Topol" complex is based on a mobile platform based on the chassis of the MAZ-7310 or MAZ-7917 tractor. Also, the command, battlefield control and communications systems included in the system are fully mobile. Testing and modernization of prototypes began in 1983, and the first missiles began to arrive at the units in 1985, but only in 1987-1988 they reached full combat readiness. Topol missiles are currently in service with the armed forces of the Russian Federation, and their modernized version is the Topol-M missile.
