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|name=RT-15
| image= RT-15 (SS-14).JPEG
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|caption= RT-15
|origin= [[USSR]]
|type=[[Theatre ballistic missile]]<br>[[Medium-range ballistic missile]]
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The '''RT-15''' was a mobile [[theatre ballistic missile]] deployed by the [[Soviet Union]] during the [[Cold War]].  It was assigned the [[NATO reporting name]] '''SS-14 Scamp''' (alternately the '''SS-14 Scapegoat''') and carried the [[GRAU]] index '''8K96'''.

The RT-15 was an early Soviet attempt to develop a road-mobile [[theatre ballistic missile]]. It was intended to be capable of being launched from both sea and ground sites and had a maximum range of 2000–2500&nbsp;km. The weapon's 'reaction time' in the normal readiness condition after its arrival at the launch site would have been 20 to 30 minutes and the 'holding time' at peak readiness (with a time of two to ten minutes before the missile could be launched) would be about a day.

==History==
RT-15 was developed by the [[S. P. Korolev design bureau]] (OKB-1) on the basis of the second and third stages of the [[RT-2]] ICBM. The missile was carried on a [[T-10 tank|T-10]] heavy tank chassis in a sealed container with a striking resemblance to the US [[Atlas D]] ICBM. After missile erection, the container split longitudinally and was withdrawn.

The missile was developed in the early 1960s and was first seen on a mobile land launcher during May 1965. Six missiles were experimentally deployed with the [[50th Independent Missile Battalion]] at the rocket base Lesnaya in [[Belorussia]]. The system was refused acceptance for general service, on the grounds that the launch support electronics was too bulky and fragile. The missiles at Lesnaya were decommissioned during 1971.<ref>[http://militaryrussia.ru/blog/topic-380.html  РТ-15 - SS-14 SCAPEGOAT / SCAMP]</ref>

==Variants==
* RT-25 modernized derivative
* RT-15M (RSM-25) MRBM and SLBM

== Operators ==
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== See also ==
* [[List of missiles]]
* [[Theatre ballistic missile]]s

== External links ==
* [http://www.globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/russia/rt-2p.htm Global Security: RT-15]

== References ==
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