R-5 Pobeda
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The R-5 Pobeda was a medium range ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The upgraded R-5M version, the first Soviet missile capable of carrying a nuclear weapon, was ass
R-5 on display at the Zhytomyr Korolyov Museum
Nuclear-tipped R-5M in ready-to-launch condition
R-12 Dvina
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The R-12 Dvina was a theatre ballistic missile developed and deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. Its GRAU designation was 8K63, and it was given the NATO reporting name of SS-4 Sandal. T
R-5 Pobeda
…and in 1959 was installed in East Germany, the first Soviet nuclear missile bases outside the USSR. The missile was retired in 1967, superseded by the R-12. In 1958, R-5A rockets were used to launch pairs of dogs to altitudes above 450 km (280 mi…
Soviet R-12 (NATO designation SS-4) in Kapustin Yar museum, Znamensk, Russia.
The cupola of the underground R-12U launching silo in Plokštinė missile base, Lithuania
Remaining wall of the rocket base barracks near Vepriai, Lithuania. Construction date visible
Inside the underground R-12U launching silo in Plokštinė missile base, Lithuania