R-36 (missile), the Glossary

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1. 79 relations: Agni-V, Anti-ballistic missile, Atmospheric entry, Ballistic missile, Canso, Nova Scotia, CBC News, Chelyabinsk meteor, Circular error probable, Cold War, Counterforce, Cyclone-4M, Decoy, DF-41, DF-5, Dinitrogen tetroxide, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Dnepr (rocket), Dnipro, Electromagnetic pulse, First strike (nuclear strategy), Fractional Orbital Bombardment System, Heavy ICBM, Hwasong-14, Intercontinental ballistic missile, Interfax, Kazakhstan, KB Pivdenne, Kharkiv, Khartron, Krasnoyarsk Krai, Launch vehicle, LGM-118 Peacekeeper, LGM-25C Titan II, LGM-30 Minuteman, Liquid rocket propellant, Liquid-propellant rocket, Main Missile and Artillery Directorate, Medium-lift launch vehicle, Mikhail Yangel, Missile launch facility, Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle, Multistage rocket, National Air and Space Intelligence Center, NATO reporting name, New START, NPO Energomash, Orenburg Oblast, Outer Space Treaty, PA Pivdenmash, Penetration aid, ... Expand index (29 more) »

2. Cold War intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union
3. Intercontinental ballistic missiles of Ukraine
4. Intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union
5. MIRV capable missiles

Agni-V

Agni-V (Sanskrit: अग्नि; lit. Fire) is a land based nuclear MIRV-capable Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) developed by the Defence Research and Development Organisation (DRDO) of India.

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Anti-ballistic missile

An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a surface-to-air missile designed to counter ballistic missiles (missile defense).

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Atmospheric entry

Atmospheric entry (sometimes listed as Vimpact or Ventry) is the movement of an object from outer space into and through the gases of an atmosphere of a planet, dwarf planet, or natural satellite.

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Ballistic missile

A ballistic missile (BM) is a type of missile that uses projectile motion to deliver warheads on a target.

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Canso, Nova Scotia

Canso is a community in Guysborough County, on the north-eastern tip of mainland Nova Scotia, Canada, next to Chedabucto Bay.

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CBC News

CBC News is a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responsible for the news gathering and production of news programs on the corporation's English-language operations, namely CBC Television, CBC Radio, CBC News Network, and CBC.ca.

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Chelyabinsk meteor

The Chelyabinsk meteor was a superbolide that entered Earth's atmosphere over the southern Ural region in Russia on 15 February 2013 at about 09:20 YEKT (03:20 UTC).

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Circular error probable

Circular error probable (CEP),Circular Error Probable (CEP), Air Force Operational Test and Evaluation Center Technical Paper 6, Ver 2, July 1987, p. 1 also circular error probability or circle of equal probability, is a measure of a weapon system's precision in the military science of ballistics.

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Cold War

The Cold War was a period of geopolitical tension between the United States and the Soviet Union and their respective allies, the Western Bloc and the Eastern Bloc, that started in 1947, two years after the end of World War II, and lasted until the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991.

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Counterforce

In nuclear strategy, a counterforce target is one that has a military value, such as a launch silo for intercontinental ballistic missiles, an airbase at which nuclear-armed bombers are stationed, a homeport for ballistic missile submarines, or a command and control installation.

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Cyclone-4M

The Cyclone-4M is a Ukrainian carrier rocket which is being developed for commercial satellite launches.

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Decoy

A decoy (derived from the Dutch de kooi, literally "the cage" or possibly ende kooi, "duck cage") is usually a person, device, or event which resembles what an individual or a group might be looking for, but it is only meant to lure them.

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DF-41

The Dongfeng-41 or DF-41 (NATO reporting name: CH-SS-20) is a fourth-generation Chinese solid-fuelled road-mobile intercontinental ballistic missile operated by the People's Liberation Army Rocket Force (formerly the Second Artillery Corps). R-36 (missile) and DF-41 are MIRV capable missiles.

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DF-5

The Dongfeng 5 or DF-5 is a second-generation two stage Chinese intercontinental ballistic missile.

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Dinitrogen tetroxide

Dinitrogen tetroxide, commonly referred to as nitrogen tetroxide (NTO), and occasionally (usually among ex-USSR/Russian rocket engineers) as amyl, is the chemical compound N2O4.

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Dissolution of the Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.

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Dnepr (rocket)

The Dnepr rocket (translit; translit) was a space launch vehicle named after the Dnieper River.

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Dnipro

Dnipro is Ukraine's fourth-largest city, with about one million inhabitants.

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Electromagnetic pulse

An electromagnetic pulse (EMP), also referred to as a transient electromagnetic disturbance (TED), is a brief burst of electromagnetic energy.

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First strike (nuclear strategy)

In nuclear strategy, a first strike or preemptive strike is a preemptive surprise attack employing overwhelming force.

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Fractional Orbital Bombardment System

A Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) is a warhead delivery system that uses a low Earth orbit towards its target destination. R-36 (missile) and Fractional Orbital Bombardment System are intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union.

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Heavy ICBM

Heavy ICBM is a term that was created in the 1970s to describe a class of Soviet and Russian ICBMs (intercontinental ballistic missiles).

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Hwasong-14

The Hwasong-14, also known under alternative US designation codename KN-20, is a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile developed by North Korea.

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Intercontinental ballistic missile

An intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) is a ballistic missile with a range greater than, primarily designed for nuclear weapons delivery (delivering one or more thermonuclear warheads).

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Interfax

Interfax (Интерфакс) is a Russian news agency.

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Kazakhstan

Kazakhstan, officially the Republic of Kazakhstan, is a landlocked country mostly in Central Asia, with a part in Eastern Europe.

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KB Pivdenne

Pivdenne Design Office (translit), located in Dnipro, Ukraine, is a designer of satellites and rockets, and formerly of Soviet intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), established by Mikhail Yangel.

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Kharkiv

Kharkiv (Харків), also known as Kharkov (Харькoв), is the second-largest city in Ukraine.

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Khartron

JSC "Khartron" (Hartron) (Ukrainian: Хартрон, formerly NPO "Electropribor", Russian: НПО "Электроприбор", meaning Scientific Production Association "Electrical device"; originally known as NII-692 or OKB-692 design bureau; afterwards known as KB electropriborostroeniya before being named NPO Electropribor) is one of the leading design engineering bureaus in former Soviet states (and the only in Ukraine), which develops and produces spacecraft and missile control systems.

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Krasnoyarsk Krai

Krasnoyarsk Krai (Krasnoyarskiy kray) is a federal subject of Russia (a krai) located in Siberia.

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Launch vehicle

A launch vehicle is typically a rocket-powered vehicle designed to carry a payload (a crewed spacecraft or satellites) from Earth's surface or lower atmosphere to outer space.

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LGM-118 Peacekeeper

The LGM-118 Peacekeeper, originally known as the MX for "Missile, Experimental", was a MIRV-capable intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) produced and deployed by the United States from 1985 to 2005.

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LGM-25C Titan II

The Titan II was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed by the Glenn L. Martin Company from the earlier Titan I missile. R-36 (missile) and LGM-25C Titan II are military equipment introduced in the 1960s.

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LGM-30 Minuteman

The LGM-30 Minuteman is an American land-based intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in service with the Air Force Global Strike Command. R-36 (missile) and LGM-30 Minuteman are MIRV capable missiles and military equipment introduced in the 1960s.

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Liquid rocket propellant

The highest specific impulse chemical rockets use liquid propellants (liquid-propellant rockets).

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Liquid-propellant rocket

A liquid-propellant rocket or liquid rocket utilizes a rocket engine burning liquid propellants.

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Main Missile and Artillery Directorate

The Main Missile and Artillery Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation, commonly referred to by its transliterated Russian acronym GRAU, is a department of the Russian Ministry of Defense.

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Medium-lift launch vehicle

A medium-lift launch vehicle (MLV) is a rocket launch vehicle that is capable of lifting between by NASA classification or between by Russian classification of payload into low Earth orbit (LEO).

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Mikhail Yangel

Mikhail Kuzmich Yangel (Михаил Кузьмич Янгель; 7 November 1911 – 25 October 1971), was a Soviet engineer born in Irkutsk who was the leading designer in the missile program of the former Soviet Union.

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Missile launch facility

A missile launch facility, also known as an underground missile silo, launch facility (LF), or nuclear silo, is a vertical cylindrical structure constructed underground, for the storage and launching of intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs), medium-range ballistic missiles (MRBMs).

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Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle

A multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle (MIRV) is an exoatmospheric ballistic missile payload containing several warheads, each capable of being aimed to hit a different target. R-36 (missile) and multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle are MIRV capable missiles.

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Multistage rocket

A multistage rocket or step rocket is a launch vehicle that uses two or more rocket stages, each of which contains its own engines and propellant.

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National Air and Space Intelligence Center

The National Air Intelligence Center (NAIC) is the United States Air Force unit for analyzing military intelligence on foreign air forces, weapons, and systems.

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NATO reporting name

NATO uses a system of code names, called reporting names, to denote military aircraft and other equipment used by post-Soviet states, former Warsaw Pact countries, China, and other countries.

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New START

New START (Russian abbrev.: СНВ-III, SNV-III from сокращение стратегическихнаступательныхвооружений "reduction of strategic offensive arms") is a nuclear arms reduction treaty between the United States and the Russian Federation with the formal name of Measures for the Further Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.

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NPO Energomash

NPO Energomash "V.

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Orenburg Oblast

Orenburg Oblast (Orenburgskaya oblast') is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast), mainly located in Eastern Europe.

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Outer Space Treaty

The Outer Space Treaty, formally the Treaty on Principles Governing the Activities of States in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space, including the Moon and Other Celestial Bodies, is a multilateral treaty that forms the basis of international space law.

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PA Pivdenmash

The State Factory "Production Union Pivdennyi Machine-Building Plant named after O.M. Makarov", officially abbreviated as Pivdenmash (Південмаш) and previously as Yuzhmash (Южмаш) (meaning "Southern Engineering"), is a Ukrainian state-owned aerospace manufacturer.

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Penetration aid

A penetration aid (or "penaid") is a device or tactic used to increase an aircraft's capability of reaching its target without detection, and in particular intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) warhead's chances of penetrating a target's defenses.

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R-16 (missile)

The R-16 was the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union. R-36 (missile) and r-16 (missile) are cold War intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union, intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union and military equipment introduced in the 1960s.

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RD-0255

The RD-0255 is a propulsion module composed of an RD-0256 main engine and a RD-0257 vernier engine.

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RD-250

The RD-250 (GRAU Index 8D518) is the base version of a dual-nozzle family of liquid rocket engines, burning N2O4 and UDMH in the gas-generator open cycle.

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RD-263

The RD-263 (GRAU Index 15D117) is a liquid rocket engine, burning N2O4 and UDMH in the oxidizer rich staged combustion cycle.

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RD-864

The RD-864 (GRAU: 15D177) is a Soviet liquid propellant rocket engine burning UDMH and nitrogen tetroxide in a gas generator combustion cycle.

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RS-24 Yars

The RS-24 Yars (РС-24 Ярс – ракета стратегическая (strategic missile)-modification 24) also known as Topol-MR, NATO reporting name SS-29 or SS-27 Mod 2), is a Russian MIRV-equipped, thermonuclear armed intercontinental ballistic missile first tested on May 29, 2007, after a secret military R&D project. R-36 (missile) and rS-24 Yars are MIRV capable missiles.

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RS-26 Rubezh

The RS-26 Rubezh (in Russian: РС-26 Рубеж) (frontier or boundary, also known under the name of its R&D program Avangard Авангард) SS-X-31 or SS-X-29B (another version of SS-27), is a Russian solid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile, equipped with a thermonuclear MIRV or MaRV payload.

See R-36 (missile) and RS-26 Rubezh

RS-28 Sarmat

The RS-28 Sarmat (named after the Sarmatians; NATO reporting name: SS-X-29 or SS-X-30), often colloquially referred to as Satan II by media outlets, is a three-stage Russian silo-based, liquid-fueled, HGV-capable and FOBS-capable super-heavy intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) produced by the Makeyev Rocket Design Bureau. R-36 (missile) and rS-28 Sarmat are MIRV capable missiles.

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RT-2PM Topol

The RT-2PM Topol (РТ-2ПМ Тополь ("Poplar"); NATO reporting name SS-25 Sickle; GRAU designation: 15Ж58 ("15Zh58"); START I designation: RS-12M Topol) was a mobile intercontinental ballistic missile designed in the Soviet Union and in service with Russia's Strategic Missile Troops. R-36 (missile) and rT-2PM Topol are cold War intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union and intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union.

See R-36 (missile) and RT-2PM Topol

RT-2PM2 Topol-M

The RT-2PM2 «Topol-M» (РТ-2ПМ2 «Тополь-М», NATO reporting name: SS-27 "Sickle B", other designations: SS-27 Mod 1, RS-12M1, RS-12M2, formerly incorrectly RT-2UTTKh) is one of the most recent intercontinental ballistic missiles to be deployed by Russia, and the first to be developed after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.

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Russia

Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia.

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Soviet Union

The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), commonly known as the Soviet Union, was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991.

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START I

START I (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a bilateral treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the reduction and the limitation of strategic offensive arms.

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START II

START II (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty) was a bilateral treaty between the United States and Russia on the Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms.

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Strategic Arms Limitation Talks

The Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) were two rounds of bilateral conferences and corresponding international treaties involving the United States and the Soviet Union.

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Strategic Rocket Forces

The Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or the Strategic Missile Forces of the Russian Federation (RVSN RF; Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii) is a separate-troops branch of the Russian Armed Forces that controls Russia's land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs).

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The Guardian

The Guardian is a British daily newspaper.

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TNT equivalent

TNT equivalent is a convention for expressing energy, typically used to describe the energy released in an explosion.

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Tsyklon

The Tsyklon ("Cyclone", also known as Tsiklon), GRAU index 11K67, was a Soviet-designed expendable launch system, primarily used to put Cosmos satellites into low Earth orbit in the late-1960s.

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Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe.

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United States Air Force

The United States Air Force (USAF) is the air service branch of the United States Armed Forces, and is one of the eight uniformed services of the United States.

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Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine

Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH; 1,1-dimethylhydrazine, heptyl or codenamed Geptil) is a chemical compound with the formula H2NN(CH3)2 that is used as a rocket propellant.

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UR-100N

The UR-100N, also known as RS-18A, is an intercontinental ballistic missile in service with Soviet and Russian Strategic Missile Troops. R-36 (missile) and UR-100N are cold War intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union and intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union.

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Uzhur

Uzhur (Ужу́р) is a town and the administrative center of Uzhursky District in Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia, located approximately from Krasnoyarsk between Kuznetsk Alatau and Solgon mountain ranges where the Chernavka River flows into the Uzhurka.

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Voivode

Voivode, also spelled voivod, voievod or voevod and also known as vaivode, voivoda, vojvoda or wojewoda, is a title denoting a military leader or warlord in Central, Southeastern and Eastern Europe in use since the Early Middle Ages.

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Warhead

A warhead is the section of a device that contains the explosive agent or toxic (biological, chemical, or nuclear) material that is delivered by a missile, rocket, torpedo, or bomb.

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Yasny, Orenburg Oblast

Yasny (Я́сный) is a town in Orenburg Oblast, Russia, located southeast of Orenburg, the administrative center of the oblast.

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The 13th Orenburg Red Banner Rocket Division (Military Unit Number 68545) is a military formation of the 31st Rocket Army, Strategic Missile Forces, located in the closed city of Yasny, Komarovsky, Orenburg Oblast.

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62nd Rocket Division

The 62nd Red Banner Rocket Division (military unit 32441) is a formation within the 33rd Guards Rocket Army of the Strategic Rocket Forces, deployed near Uzhur, Krasnoyarsk Krai.

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See also

Cold War intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union

• Global Rocket 1
• MR-UR-100 Sotka
• R-16 (missile)
• R-26 (missile)
• R-36 (missile)
• R-46 (missile)
• R-7 Semyorka
• R-9 Desna
• RT-1
• RT-2
• RT-20P
• RT-21 Temp 2S
• RT-23 Molodets
• RT-2PM Topol
• UR-100
• UR-100N
• UR-200

Intercontinental ballistic missiles of Ukraine

• R-36 (missile)

Intercontinental ballistic missiles of the Soviet Union

• Fractional Orbital Bombardment System
• Global Rocket 1
• MR-UR-100 Sotka
• R-16 (missile)
• R-26 (missile)
• R-36 (missile)
• R-46 (missile)
• R-7 Semyorka
• R-9 Desna
• RT-1
• RT-2
• RT-20P
• RT-21 Temp 2S
• RT-2PM Topol
• SS-16 Temp-2S
• UR-100
• UR-100N
• UR-200

MIRV capable missiles

• Ababeel (missile)
• Agni-VI
• DF-41
• Jericho (missile)
• LGM-30 Minuteman
• LGM-35 Sentinel
• Multiple independently targetable reentry vehicle
• R-29 Vysota
• R-29RMU2 Layner
• R-36 (missile)
• RS-24 Yars
• RS-28 Sarmat
• RSM-56 Bulava
• Surya missile
• Trident (missile)

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R-36_(missile)

Also known as 15A14, 15A18, 8K67, 8K69, R-36 (rocket family), R-36M, R-36M2 Voevoda, R-36M2 Voivode, R-36MUTTh, R-36ORB, R-36М, SS-18, SS-18 Satan, SS-18 missile, SS-9 Scarp, Satan (missile), Satan 1.

, R-16 (missile), RD-0255, RD-250, RD-263, RD-864, RS-24 Yars, RS-26 Rubezh, RS-28 Sarmat, RT-2PM Topol, RT-2PM2 Topol-M, Russia, Soviet Union, START I, START II, Strategic Arms Limitation Talks, Strategic Rocket Forces, The Guardian, TNT equivalent, Tsyklon, Ukraine, United States Air Force, Unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine, UR-100N, Uzhur, Voivode, Warhead, Yasny, Orenburg Oblast, 13th Red Banner Rocket Division, 62nd Rocket Division.