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R-14 Chusovaya

R-14
A right side view of two vehicle-mounted Soviet R-14 missiles (SS-5 Skean) IRBMs (1977).
TypeIntermediate-range ballistic missile
Place of originUSSR
Service history
In service1962-1984
Used byStrategic Rocket Forces
WarsCold War
Production history
DesignerOKB-586
Designed1958-1960
ManufacturerPO Polyot
Unit costunknown
Produced24 April 1961
No. built8000
VariantsR-14U, Cosmos 1-3
Specifications
Mass86.3 t
Length24,400 mm
Diameter2,400 mm
Wingspan2.74 m
WarheadThermonuclear weapon
Warhead weight1200-1500 kg
Detonation
mechanism
AirburstBunkerbuster
Blast yield1 Mt (lightweight warhead)[1][2][3]
2-2.3 Mt (heavy warhead)[1][4][3]
EngineRD-216
1,480 kN
PropellantHydrazine/Nitrogen tetroxide
Operational
range
3,700 km (2,300 mi) (American calculation)[2][3]
4,500 km (2,800 mi) (Soviet calculation)[1][5][4][3]
Flight ceiling500 km
Guidance
system
inertial guidance
Accuracy1.13–2.4 km (0.70–1.49 mi) CEP[2][5]
Launch
platform
Silo, pad, submarines or mobile launcher

The R-14 Chusovaya[6] (Russian: Р-14 Чусовая, named for the Chusovaya river) was a single stage[7] Intermediate-range ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. It was given the NATO reporting name SS-5 Skean and was known by GRAU index 8K65. It was designed by Mikhail Yangel. Chusovaya is the name of a river in Russia. Line production was undertaken by Facility No. 1001 in Krasnoyarsk.

  1. ^ a b c Kokoshin, Andrei (September 2012), Reflections on the Cuban Missile Crisis in the Context of Strategic Stability (PDF), Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, Harvard Kennedy School, p. 10
  2. ^ a b c R-14. Encyclopedia Astronautica.
  3. ^ a b c d "Nuclear Forces Guide – R-14 / SS-5 SKEAN". The Nuclear Information Project. Federation of American Scientists.
  4. ^ a b R14 | 8K65 | SS-5 | Skean. Russian Space Web.
  5. ^ a b Norris, Robert S. (October 24, 2012), The Cuban Missile Crisis: A Nuclear Order of Battle October/November 1962 (PDF), Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, p. 35
  6. ^ Gunter's Space Page - R-14 Usovaya (SS-5, Skean) MRBM
  7. ^ Pavel Podvig (2 March 2004). Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. MIT Press. p. 188. ISBN 0262661810.

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