Railcar-launched ICBM

"Nuclear train" redirects here. For the transportation of nuclear material by rail, see Nuclear flask. For the movie, see Atomic Train.

A railcar-launched ICBM is an intercontinental ballistic missile that can be launched from a train. The first operational example, and the best-known, is the Soviet RT-23 Molodets. The United States planned and started development of an analogue, the Peacekeeper Rail Garrison, but abandoned the plan with the end of the Cold War. A similar system was tested by China in 2016. North Korea also planned to create a railway-launched ICBM.

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