R-14 Chusovaya

The R-14 was a nuclear medium range ballistic missile ( NATO reporting name: SS -5 Skean, GREY index 8K65 ) of the Cold War era Soviet-made. The fluid- powered missile was developed based on the R-12 from 1958. In 1960 the rocket over the test phase. After its entry in the Strategic Missile Forces of the Soviet Army was stationed primarily on conventional rocket launch sites. Only later developed a silogeeignete variant. The range of the missile was 4500 km with a scattering radius of 1.9 km. This relatively low value could only be achieved by the R-14 was the first Soviet rocket launched on a schwingungsstablisierten platform. Thus, the probability of error and tolerance of the instruments could be significantly reduced. Like their predecessor, the R-14 had a semi-autonomous flight control system with ground-based control of flight data. Their range decreased with the weight of the carried warhead.

Later, it was the pattern through the RS -16, RS -18 replaced and RT- 21M. The last ones were disarmed because of the INF Treaty of 1987.

Soviet R -12 and R-14 were deployed during the Cuban missile crisis in Cuba in 1962, which meant an immediate threat to the U.S. territory with a warning time of less than 10 minutes.

The R-14 was the basis for the development of space flight rocket Kosmos- 3M.