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From: JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU (Larry W. Jewell)
Newsgroups: sci.military
Subject: Re: SS-12
Message-ID: <1991Feb5.042220.5400@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 5 Feb 91 04:22:20 GMT
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From:     "Larry W. Jewell" <JEWELLLW@VM.CC.PURDUE.EDU>

SS-12 'Scaleboard'/SS-22 Short Range Ballistic Missile system

Specifications:
     Length:            36ft 11in.
     Diameter:       3ft 5 1/3 in.
     Weight:            19,400 lbs.
     Warhead Weight:     2,756 lbs.
     Warhead type:   800-kiloton nuclear warhead
     Minimum range:        138 miles
     Maximum range:        497 miles
     CEP:                  525 yrds.
     Launch vehicle:       MAZ-537
     Propellant:         solid fuel
     Guidance:             inertial

Introduced in 1969, it has been replaced by the SS-12M
'Scaleboard' (formerly the SS-22) in 1979.  The SS-12M is an
inertially guided two-stage missile with imporved range and
accuracy.

Larry W. Jewell

"It is not the policy of the U.S. Navy to confirm nor deny the presence
 of nuclear weapons on it's ships or shore installations."