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R-16 (missile)

The R-16 was the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union. In the West it was known by the NATO reporting name SS-7 Saddler, and within Russia, it carried the GRAU index 8K64.

R-16[1]

1961–1976

Soviet Union

Mikhail Yangel, Valentin Glushko

Plant 586, Glushko OKBM, Hartron OKB

Between 140.6 tonnes (154,98 tons)
and 141.2 tonnes (155,65 tons), depending on warhead[2]

Between 30,440 mm (99.86 ft)
and 34,300 mm (112.53 ft), depending on warhead[2]

3,000 mm (9.84 ft)

3-6 Mt

Two storable, liquid fueled stages

First Stage: 1x RD-218
+ 1x RD-68[2]

Second Stage: 1x RD-219
+ 1x RD-69[2]

AK27I + UDMH

11,000-13,000 km

inertial guidance

2.7 km

Description[edit]

The missile was 30.4 m long, 3 m in diameter and had a launch weight of 141 tons. The maximum range was 11,000 km with a 5-6 Mt thermonuclear warhead and 13,000 km with a 3 Mt warhead. The missile had a circular error probable (CEP) of 2.7 km.

List of missiles

The Kremlin's Nuclear Sword, Steven J. Zaloga, Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington and London, 2002.

– A. A. Toul, Kaluga, "the Golden path", 2001. ISBN 5-7111-0333-1

«At risk»

(The disaster at Baikonur), Moskovskij Komsomolets, 29 October 2015 (in Russian)

"Катастрофа на Байконуре: почему погибли 124 человека во главе с маршалом"