The R-5 Pobeda (Побе́да, "Victory") was a

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developed by the

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during the

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. The R-5M version was assigned the

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SS-3 Shyster and carried the

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index 8K51. The R-5 was originally a development of

OKB-1 PAO S. P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (russian: Ракетно-космическая корпорация «Энергия» им. С. П. Королёва, Raketno-kosmicheskaya korporatsiya "Energiya" im. S. P. Korolyov ...

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

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and

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- the first Soviet nuclear missile bases outside the USSR. By the end of 1956, 24 launchers were deployed, with a final total of 48 produced by the end of 1957; around 200 missiles were built. The R-5M was deployed in brigades of six launchers each or regiments of four launchers each. The basic field unit was a division, each having two batteries with a single launcher. Brigades and regiments had deployments in

Kapustin Yar Kapustin Yar (russian: Капустин Яр) is a Russian rocket launch complex in Astrakhan Oblast, about 100 km east of Volgograd. It was established by the Soviet Union on 13 May 1946. In the beginning, Kapustin Yar used technology, material ...

, Kaliningrad, East Germany (from January to September 1959),

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, Lithuania, the Russian Far East, and Ukraine. R-5 was additionally an oft-reported alternate designation for the

K-5 (missile) The Kaliningrad K-5 (NATO reporting name AA-1 ''Alkali''), also known as RS-1U or product ShM, was an early Soviet air-to-air missile. History The development of the K-5 began in 1951. The first test firings were in 1953. It was tested (but not ...

air-to-air missile. In 1958 R-5A rockets were used to launch pairs of dogs to altitudes up to 480km.

Specification

*Propellant liquid *Range *Period of storage after fueling: 1 hour *Time of preparation 2.5 hours *Guidance:

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plus radio

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*Warhead and Yield 60 \ 80 kt, 300 kt, 1 Mt (or more)

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warhead

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References

External links

Global Security: R-5 / SS-3 SHYSTER

R-5

{{Use dmy dates, date=June 2017 R-005 Cold War ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union Military equipment introduced in the 1950s

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