Soviet missile program

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ballistic missile development program military–industrial program space launch vehicle development program

The Soviet missile program was the extensive Cold War-era initiative through which the USSR developed and deployed ballistic missiles and space-launch rockets, forming the backbone of its strategic military and space capabilities.

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Label	Occurrences
Soviet missile program canonical	3
SS-1 Scud missile program	1
Soviet Scud missile program	1
Soviet missile and space industry	1
Soviet rocket and missile program	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ballistic missile development program ⓘ military–industrial program ⓘ space launch vehicle development program ⓘ
country	Soviet Union ⓘ
endTime	early 1990s ⓘ
exportedTo	Cuba ⓘ Egypt ⓘ India ⓘ Iraq ⓘ Libya ⓘ North Korea ⓘ Syria ⓘ Viet Nam ⓘ surface form: Vietnam Warsaw Pact ⓘ surface form: Warsaw Pact countries
followedBy	Russian missile program ⓘ
fundedBy	Soviet government ⓘ
hasPart	Baikonur Cosmodrome ⓘ surface form: Baikonur Cosmodrome launch facilities Dnepr launch vehicle program ⓘ Dombarovsky missile base ⓘ Energia heavy-lift launch vehicle program ⓘ KB Arsenal activities ⓘ KB Chelomey activities ⓘ KB Fakel activities ⓘ KB Korolev activities ⓘ KB Lavochkin cruise missile development ⓘ R-39 Rif (SS-N-20 Sturgeon) SLBM ⓘ surface form: KB Makeyev SLBM development KB Makeyev activities ⓘ KB Novator activities ⓘ KB Raduga activities ⓘ KB Yangel activities ⓘ KB Yuzhnoye activities ⓘ Kapustin Yar launch site ⓘ surface form: Kapustin Yar test range Kh-22 anti-ship missile program ⓘ Kosmos launch vehicle family ⓘ Kura test range ⓘ N1 lunar rocket program ⓘ NPO Mashinostroyenia activities ⓘ Nenoksa test range ⓘ OKB-1 design bureau activities ⓘ OKB-586 design bureau activities ⓘ P-15 Termit anti-ship missile program ⓘ P-500 Bazalt anti-ship missiles ⓘ surface form: P-500 Bazalt anti-ship missile program P-700 Granit anti-ship cruise missiles ⓘ surface form: P-700 Granit anti-ship missile program Plesetsk Cosmodrome ⓘ surface form: Plesetsk Cosmodrome launch facilities Proton rocket ⓘ surface form: Proton launch vehicle program R-1 missile ⓘ surface form: R-1 missile program R-11 Zemlya missile program ⓘ SS-4 Sandal missile program ⓘ surface form: R-12 missile program R-13 submarine-launched ballistic missile program ⓘ SS-4 Sandal missile program ⓘ surface form: R-14 missile program R-15 missile program ⓘ R-16 ICBM ⓘ surface form: R-16 missile program R-11 Zemlya missile program ⓘ surface form: R-17 Elbrus missile program R-2 missile ⓘ surface form: R-2 missile program R-21 submarine-launched ballistic missile program ⓘ R-26 missile program ⓘ R-27 submarine-launched ballistic missile program ⓘ R-29 submarine-launched ballistic missile program ⓘ R-29 submarine-launched ballistic missile program ⓘ surface form: R-29R missile program R-29 submarine-launched ballistic missile program ⓘ surface form: R-29RM Shtil missile program R-31 submarine-launched ballistic missile program ⓘ R-36 ICBM ⓘ surface form: R-36 missile program R-39 Rif (SS-N-20 Sturgeon) SLBM ⓘ surface form: R-39 Rif submarine-launched ballistic missile program R-5 missile ⓘ surface form: R-5 missile program R-7 Semyorka rocket ⓘ surface form: R-7 missile program R-8 missiles ⓘ surface form: R-8 missile program R-9 missile ⓘ surface form: R-9 Desna missile program RT-2 missile program ⓘ RT-23 Molodets ICBM ⓘ surface form: RT-23 Molodets missile program RT-2PM Topol missile program ⓘ Rokot ⓘ surface form: Rokot launch vehicle program S-125 Neva/Pechora surface-to-air missile system ⓘ surface form: S-125 Neva air defense system S-200 Angara air defense system ⓘ S-25 Berkut ⓘ surface form: S-25 Berkut air defense system S-300P series ⓘ surface form: S-300 air defense system S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline) missile ⓘ surface form: S-75 Dvina air defense system Soviet missile program self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: SS-1 Scud missile program SS-18 Satan ICBM ⓘ surface form: SS-18 Satan missile program SS-19 Stiletto missile program ⓘ SS-20 Saber IRBM ⓘ surface form: SS-20 Saber missile program SS-25 Sickle ICBM ⓘ surface form: SS-25 Sickle missile program SS-4 Sandal missile program ⓘ SS-6 Sapwood missile program ⓘ SS-7 Saddler ⓘ surface form: SS-7 Saddler missile program SS-9 Scarp ⓘ surface form: SS-9 Scarp missile program Sary Shagan test range ⓘ Soyuz rocket ⓘ surface form: Soyuz launch vehicle program Strategic Rocket Forces infrastructure ⓘ TsKBM activities ⓘ Tsiklon launch vehicle program ⓘ Tyuratam launch complex ⓘ UR-100 missile program ⓘ UR-500 rocket program ⓘ Voskhod launch vehicle ⓘ surface form: Voskhod launch vehicle program Vostok programme ⓘ surface form: Vostok launch vehicle program Dombarovsky missile base ⓘ surface form: Yasny missile base
inConflict	Cold War ⓘ surface form: Cold War arms race
industry	Soviet military–industrial complex ⓘ surface form: Soviet defense industry
influencedBy	V-weapons program ⓘ surface form: German V-2 program
keyPerson	Alexei Isaev NERFINISHED ⓘ Boris Chertok ⓘ Dmitry Ustinov ⓘ surface form: Dmitriy Ustinov Joseph Stalin ⓘ Leonid Brezhnev ⓘ Mikhail Yangel ⓘ Mstislav Keldysh ⓘ Nikita Khrushchev ⓘ Nikolai Kuznetsov NERFINISHED ⓘ Nikolai Pilyugin NERFINISHED ⓘ Sergei Korolev ⓘ Valentin Glushko ⓘ Viktor Makeev NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Barmin NERFINISHED ⓘ Vladimir Chelomey ⓘ Vladimir Utkin NERFINISHED ⓘ Yuri Andropov ⓘ
location	Soviet Union ⓘ
mainPurpose	air defense ⓘ anti-ballistic missile defense ⓘ anti-ship warfare ⓘ space launch capability ⓘ strategic nuclear deterrence ⓘ tactical battlefield support ⓘ
notableOutcome	extensive missile export to allied states ⓘ first artificial Earth satellite ⓘ first human spaceflight ⓘ global reach of Soviet nuclear forces ⓘ parity with United States in strategic nuclear weapons ⓘ
operator	Soviet Air Defense Forces ⓘ Soviet Air Forces ⓘ Soviet armed forces ⓘ surface form: Soviet Armed Forces Soviet Navy ⓘ Soviet Strategic Rocket Forces ⓘ
opposedBy	Nuclear posture of NATO ⓘ surface form: NATO nuclear forces United States missile program ⓘ
partOf	Soviet military–industrial complex ⓘ Soviet thermonuclear weapons program ⓘ surface form: Soviet nuclear weapons program Soviet space program ⓘ
significantEvent	Cuban Missile Crisis deployment of R-12 and R-14 missiles in 1962 ⓘ Strategic Arms Limitation Talks (SALT) ⓘ surface form: Strategic Arms Limitation Talks Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty ⓘ surface form: Strategic Arms Reduction Talks deployment of SS-20 Saber intermediate-range missiles in Europe ⓘ first ICBM test with R-7 in 1957 ⓘ launch of Sputnik 1 using R-7 rocket in 1957 ⓘ reverse engineering of German V-2 rocket ⓘ signing of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty in 1987 ⓘ
startTime	1940s ⓘ
technology	cold-launch systems for SLBMs ⓘ cryogenic propellants ⓘ inertial guidance systems ⓘ liquid-fueled rocket engines ⓘ mobile ICBM launchers ⓘ multiple independently targetable reentry vehicles ⓘ radar guidance systems ⓘ radio-command guidance systems ⓘ rail-mobile missile systems ⓘ road-mobile missile systems ⓘ silo-based ICBM launchers ⓘ solid-fueled rocket motors ⓘ storable hypergolic propellants ⓘ
timePeriod	Cold War ⓘ

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R-1 rocket → partOf → Soviet missile program ⓘ

R-300 Elbrus → originatesFromProgram → Soviet missile program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet Scud missile program

R-1 missile → partOf → Soviet missile program ⓘ

Boris Chertok → partOf → Soviet missile program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet missile and space industry

R-9 missile → belongsTo → Soviet missile program ⓘ

this entity surface form: Soviet rocket and missile program

Soviet missile program → hasPart → Soviet missile program self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: SS-1 Scud missile program

Kapustin Yar → partOf → Soviet missile program ⓘ