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R-9 Desna

The R-9 (Russian: Р-9; NATO reporting name: SS-8 Sasin) was a two-stage IRBM of the Soviet Union, in service from 1964 to 1976.

R-9

ICBM

1964–1976

Soviet Union

From 1959

OKB-1

80.4 tonnes

24,190 mm

2,680 mm

1

1.65 Mt ("light") or 2.3 Mt ("heavy") warheads

Two-stage liquid fuel (kerosene + LOX)

  1. first stage engine RD-111 (8D716) by OKB-456 of Valentin Glushko.
  2. second stage engine RD-0106 RO-9 (8D715) by OKB-154 of S.A.Kosberg

1,700 - 2,200 kg

2,000–6,000 km

inertial, Control system by NII-885 of N.A.Pilyugin and M.S.Ryazanski. Gyroscopes by NII-944 of V.I.Kuznetsov.

2 km CEP

Fuel: kerosene + oxygen.

Control system by NII-885 of N.A.Pilyugin and M.S.Ryazanski.

Gyroscopes by NII-944 of V.I.Kuznetsov.

Launcher by GSKB "Spetsmash" of V.P.Barmin.

First stage engine RD-111 (8D716) by OKB-456 of V.P.Glushko.

Second stage engine RO-9 (8D715) by OKB-154 of S.A.Kosberg.

1.65 Mt ("light") and 2.3 Mt ("heavy") warheads.

Tested at "ground No 51" at NIIP-5 (Baikonur/Tura-Tam) until crash in October 1962.

Serial production at facility No. 1 in Kuibyshev.

Deployed 2 regiments of ground based missiles at Kozelsk, 1 regiment of ground based missiles at Plesetsk, 1 regiment of underground silo missiles at Kozelsk.

List of missiles

. S. P. Korolev RSC Energia. Archived from the original on 2021-10-24. Retrieved 2023-11-10.

"Rocket R-9"

Discusses the CIA's bewilderment about the new missile, with one camp interpreting it as a 100 megaton weapon, and other analysts interpreting it as a much smaller missile.

The SS-8 Controversy