Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Cold War Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles of the Soviet Union, Cold War Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles of the Soviet Union, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles of the Soviet Union, Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles of the Soviet Union, Short-Range Ballistic Missiles of the Soviet Union, Submarine-Launched Ballistic Missiles of the Soviet Union, R-1, R-36, Rt-2pm Topol, R-12 Dvina, R-7 Semyorka, Musudan, R-21, Rt-23 Molodets, Rsd-10 Pioneer, R-9 Desna, Ur-100n, R-11 Zemlya, R-29 Vysota, R-17 Elbrus, R-27 Zyb, R-16, R-39 Rif, Mr-Ur-100 Sotka, Ur-200, R-2, Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, Rt-21 Temp 2s, R-13, Global Rocket 1, Rs-16, R-26, Rt-20, Rt-1, R-46, Heavy Icbm, R-15. Excerpt: The R-11 Zemlya, GRAU index 8A61 was a Soviet tactical ballistic missile. It is also known by its NATO reporting name SS-1 Scud-A. It was the first of several similar Soviet missiles to be given the reporting name Scud. The R-11 originated from a 1951 requirement for a ballistic missile with similar performance to the German V-2 rocket, but half its size. With the Wasserfall, an anti-aircraft version of the V-2, as a model the R-11 was developed by engineer Victor Makeev, who was then working in OKB-1, headed by Sergey Korolyov. The two men disagreed over the propulsion of the missile, with Korolev favouring the use of liquid oxygen, while Makeev advocated the use of toxic, but storable fuel. Makeev's version, that first flew on 18 April 1953, was fitted with an Isayev engine using RP-1 and nitric acid as a propellant. On 13 December 1953, a production order was passed with SKB-385 in Zlatoust, a factory dedicated to producing long-range rockets. In June 1955, Makeev was appointed chief designer of the SKB-385 to oversee the programme and, in. More:
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