R-5

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The R-5 was a theatre ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The R-5M version was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-3 Shyster and carried the GRAU index 8K51.

The R-5 was originally a development of OKB-1 as a single-stage missile with a detachable warhead reentry vechicle. 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 1976).

R-5 was additionally an oft-reported alternate designation for the Kaliningrad K-5 air-to-air missile.

[edit] See also

• List of missiles

[edit] External links

• Global Security: R-5 / SS-3 SHYSTER
• R-5

Russian and former Soviet surface-to-surface missiles

The SS designation sequence: SS-1 Scud | SS-2 Sibling | SS-3 Shyster | SS-4 Sandal | SS-5 Skean | SS-6 Sapwood | SS-7 Saddler | SS-8 Sasin | SS-9 Scarp | SS-10 Scrag | SS-11 Sego | SS-12 Scaleboard | SS-13 Savage | SS-14 Scamp\Scapegoat | SS-15 Scrooge | SS-16 Sinner | SS-17 Spanker | SS-18 Satan | SS-19 Stiletto | SS-20 Saber | SS-21 Scarab | SS-22 Scaleboard | SS-23 Spider | SS-24 Scalpel | SS-25 Sickle | SS-26 Stone | SS-27 ? |

List of Russian and former Soviet missiles Missiles

v • d • e  Russian and former Soviet R designation sequence
R-1/R-2 | R-3 | R-4 | R-5 | R-7 | R-8 | R-9 | R-11, R-300 Elbrus | R-12 | R-13 | R-14 Dvina, R-14 Usovaya | R-15, Tumansky R-15 | R-16 | R-21 | R-23 | R-26 | R-27, Vympel R-27 | R-29 | R-33 | R-36 | R-37 | R-39 | R-40 | R-46, GR-1 | R-60 | R-73 | R-77 | 81R | R-101 | R-103 | R-172 | R-400
Other: | TR-1 | RT-2 | RT-2PM | RT-2UTTH | RT-15 | RT-20 | RT-21 | RT-23 | RT-25 | RSM-56 | RKV-500A, RK-55 | KSR-5 | RSS-40 | UR-100 | UR-100 | UR-100N