R-16 ICBM

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intercontinental ballistic missile strategic missile

The R-16 ICBM was an early Soviet two-stage, liquid-fueled intercontinental ballistic missile that formed a key part of the USSR’s strategic nuclear arsenal during the Cold War.

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Label Occurrences
R-16 ICBM canonical 2
R-16 missile program 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf intercontinental ballistic missile ⓘ
strategic missile ⓘ
category ballistic missile ⓘ
coldWarAdversary United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
country Soviet Union ⓘ
surface form: USSR
countryOfOrigin Soviet Union ⓘ
deploymentMode fixed silo-based deployment ⓘ
deploymentStart early 1960s ⓘ
deploymentType land-based ICBM ⓘ
designBureau OKB-586 ⓘ
designer Mikhail Yangel ⓘ
developedFrom early Soviet ballistic missile programs ⓘ
developmentStart late 1950s ⓘ
enteredServiceWith Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ
era Cold War ⓘ
firstTestLaunch 1961 ⓘ
fuelStorage storable liquid fuel ⓘ
fuelType UDMH ⓘ
guidanceSystem inertial guidance ⓘ
launchPlatform silo-based ⓘ
surface launch pad ⓘ
launchPreparationTime relatively long compared to later ICBMs ⓘ
manufacturer Soviet military–industrial complex ⓘ
surface form: Soviet defense industry
maximumRangeCategory intercontinental ⓘ
natoReportingName SS-7 Saddler ⓘ
nuclearCapability yes ⓘ
numberOfStages 2 ⓘ
originLanguageName Р-16 ⓘ
oxidizer nitrogen tetroxide ⓘ
partOf Warsaw Pact strategic forces ⓘ
surface form: Soviet strategic nuclear arsenal
payloadType single warhead ⓘ
propellantType storable liquid propellants ⓘ
propulsionType liquid-fueled ⓘ
range approximately 11000 km ⓘ
retired 1970s ⓘ
role strategic nuclear deterrent ⓘ
serviceEntry 1963 ⓘ
stageCount two-stage ⓘ
status retired ⓘ
strategicRole first-generation Soviet ICBM ⓘ
successor R-36 ICBM ⓘ
usedAs strategic nuclear delivery system ⓘ
usedBy Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ
usedDuring 1960s ⓘ
early 1970s ⓘ
usedIn Soviet nuclear triad land-based component ⓘ
warheadType thermonuclear warhead ⓘ
warheadYield approximately 3 megatons of TNT ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces → usedWeaponSystem → R-16 ICBM ⓘ
SS-6 Sapwood → successor → R-16 ICBM ⓘ
Soviet missile program → hasPart → R-16 ICBM ⓘ
this entity surface form: R-16 missile program