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The '''RT-2PM2 «Topol-M»''' ({{lang-ru|РТ-2ПМ2 «Тополь-М»}}, [[NATO reporting name]]: '''SS-27 "Sickle B"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.deagel.com/Ballistic-Missiles/Topol-M_a001014001.aspx |title=SS-27 Sickle B |publisher=Deagel.com |date=2011-03-10 |access-date=2011-05-23}}</ref>''', other designations: '''SS-27 Mod 1''',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://fas.org/blogs/security/2014/05/russianmodernization/|title=Russian ICBM Force Modernization: Arms Control Please!}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.armscontrolwonk.com/archive/207196/crowdsourcing-russian-icbms/|title=Crowdsourcing Russian ICBMs|website=www.armscontrolwonk.com}}</ref> '''RS-12M1''', '''RS-12M2''', formerly incorrectly '''RT-2UTTKh''')<ref name="janes1">[https://archive.today/20120904131630/http://www.janes.com/extracts/extract/jsws/jsws0463.html RS-12M1/2 Topol-M (SS-27/RT-2PM2) (Russian Federation), Offensive weapons]</ref> is one of the most recent [[intercontinental ballistic missile]]s to be deployed by Russia (see [[RS-24 Yars|RS-24]] a possible Topol-M variant)<ref>{{Cite web |title=RT-2PM2 Topol-M (SS-27 Mod 1 "Sickle B") |url=https://missilethreat.csis.org/missile/ss-27/ |access-date=2022-04-25 |website=Missile Threat |language=en-US}}</ref>, and the first to be developed after the dissolution of the [[Soviet Union]]. It was developed from the [[RT-2PM Topol]] mobile [[intercontinental ballistic missile]].
In its Russian designation '''РТ''' stands for "ракета твердотопливная", raketa tverdotoplivnaya ("solid fuel rocket"), while '''УТТХ''' – for "улучшенные тактико-технические характеристики," uluchshenniye taktiko-tekhnicheskie kharakteristiki ("improved tactical and technical characteristics"). "Topol" (тополь) in Russian means "[[populus alba | white poplar]]". It is designed and produced exclusively by the [[Moscow Institute of Thermal Technology]], and built at the [[Votkinsk Machine Building Plant]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fas.org/nuke/guide/russia/icbm/rt-2pmu.htm |title=RT-2PMU? – Topol-M SS-27 – Russian / Soviet Nuclear Forces |publisher=Fas.org |access-date=2011-05-23}}</ref><ref>[http://www.aeronautics.ru/archive/wmd/ballistic/ballistic/ss27-01.htm Land-Based Ballistic Missiles]{{dead link|date=May 2011}}</ref>
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