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R-14 Chusovaya

R-14
SS-5 Skean.JPEG
A right side view of two vehicle-mounted Soviet R-14 missiles (SS-5 Skean) IRBMs (1977).
Type Intermediate-range ballistic missile
Place of origin USSR
Service history
In service 1962-1971
Used by Strategic Rocket Forces
Wars Cold War
Production history
Designer OKB-586
Designed 1958-1960
Manufacturer PO Polyot
Unit cost unknown
Produced 24 April 1961
No. built unknown
Variants R-14U, Cosmos 1-3
Specifications
Weight 86.3 t
Length 24.4 m
Diameter 2.4 m
Warhead Nuclear fusion
Warhead weight 680 kg
Detonation
mechanism
Airburst
Blast yield 1-2 Mt

Engine RD-216
1,480 kN
Wingspan 2.74 m
Propellant Hydrazine/Nitrogen tetroxide
Operational
range
3,700 km (2,200 mi)
Flight ceiling 500 km
Guidance
system
inertial guidance
Accuracy CEP 1.13 km
Launch
platform
Silo, pad, or mobile launcher

The R-14 Chusovaya (Russian: Чусовая) was a single stageIntermediate-range ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was given the NATO reporting name SS-5 and was known by GRAU index 8K65. It was designed by Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel. Chusovaya is the name of a river in Russia. Line production was undertaken by Facility No. 1001 in Krasnoyarsk.

R-14 tests began in September 1959. The missile was the basis of the Kosmos-3 launch vehicle family. In 1964, the R-14 was equipped with a smaller second stage to create the 65S3 booster and eight were flown over the next year from LC-41 at Baikonur. By 1966, the fully operational 11K65 booster was in use, but it was flown only four times before being succeeded by the definitive 11K65M launcher, used for assorted light civilian and military satellites, most being launched from Plesetsk (a very few have also been flown from Kapustin Yar). It was retired from service in 2010.

The missile was gradually replaced by RSD-10 Pioneers, and by the mid 1980s most had been taken out of service. The last missiles were scrapped on August 9, 1989.


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