R-14
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| General Information | |
| Type | Medium-range missile |
| Local name | R-14 Usovaya, 8K65 |
| NATO designation | SS-5 Skean |
| Country of origin |
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| Manufacturer | Jangel design office |
| development | 1955 |
| Commissioning | 1958 |
| Working time | 1961-1984 |
| Technical specifications | |
| length | 24.30 m |
| diameter | 2,400 mm |
| Combat weight | 86,300 kg |
| drive | Liquid rocket engine |
| Range | 4,500 km |
| Furnishing | |
| steering | INS |
| Warhead | 1 nuclear warhead 1.3 or 2.3 Mt |
| Weapon platforms | Missile silo or launch table |
| Lists on the subject | |
The R-14 was a medium-range nuclear ballistic missile ( NATO code name : SS-5 Skean , GRAU index 8K65) of the Cold War era from Soviet production. The liquid-powered missile was developed on the basis of the R-12 from 1958 . In 1960 the rocket went into the test phase. After its commissioning with the Strategic Missile Forces of the Soviet Army , it was mainly stationed on conventional missile launch sites. Only later was a variant suitable for silos developed .
Like its predecessors, the R-14 had a semi-autonomous flight control system with ground-based monitoring of flight data. However, it was the first Soviet missile to be steered using a built-in inertial navigation system; this made the steering more precise, so that at the end of a 4500 km flight the scattering circle radius was reduced to 1.9 km. Their range decreased with the weight of the warhead they carried .
The pattern was later replaced by the RS-16 , RS-18 and RT-21M . The last copies were dismantled due to the INF contract of 1987.
Soviet R-12 and R-14 were stationed in Cuba during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962 , which posed an imminent threat to US territory with less than ten minutes' warning time.
The R-14 was the basis for the development of the space flight launch vehicle Kosmos-3M .