R-5 on display at the Zhytomyr Korolyov Museum
The R-5 Pobeda[1] ("Victory") was a theatre ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The R-5M version was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-3 Shyster and carried the GRAU index 8K51.
The R-5 was originally a development of OKB-1 as a single-stage missile with a detachable warhead reentry vehicle. The R-5M was a nuclear armed missile – the first nuclear missile to be deployed by the Soviet Union – with greater payload and weight but better reliability than its predecessor. The R-5M gave the Soviet Union the ability to target many strategic targets in Europe. The R-5M entered service on 21 May 1956 (retired in 1967), and in 1959 was installed at Vogelsang, Zehdenick in East Germany - the first Soviet nuclear missile base outside of the USSR.[2]
R-5 was additionally an oft-reported alternate designation for the Kaliningrad K-5 air-to-air missile.
Specification [edit]
- Propellant liquid
- Range 1200 km
- Period of storage after fueling 1 hour[3]
- Time of preparation 2,5 hours
Operators [edit]
Soviet Union
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External links [edit]
Russian and former Soviet military designation sequences for radar, missile and rocket systems
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