R-5 Pobeda

The R-5 was a Soviet single-stage, liquid-propellant ballistic missile developed in the early 1950s by the design bureau of S. P. Korolev, with a range of about 1,200 kilometres, enough to reach strategic targets in Europe. Development began in 1951 and its first successful launch came in 1953. The improved R-5M, given the NATO reporting name SS-3 Shyster and the index 8K51, became the first Soviet missile able to deliver a nuclear warhead: in a flight test on 2 February 1956 a 300 kiloton warhead was carried to the target and detonated. It used inertial guidance with lateral radio correction and was steered by four aerodynamic fins and four jet vanes. The R-5M was launched from a vertical position with a reaction time of about five hours from normal readiness. It was introduced into the Strategic Rocket Forces on 2 June 1956, 48 missiles were deployed in 1956 and 1957, mostly near the western borders of the Soviet Union, and it remained in service until 1967, when the R-12 replaced it.