SS-3 Shyster

The R-5 Pobeda ("Victory") was a theatre ballistic missile developed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The R-5M version was assigned the NATO reporting name SS-3 Shyster and carried the GRAU index 8K51.

The R-5 was originally a development of OKB-1 as a single-stage missile with a detachable warhead reentry vehicle. The R-5M was a nuclear armed missile – the first nuclear missile to be deployed by the Soviet Union – with greater payload and weight but better reliability than its predecessor. The R-5M gave the Soviet Union the ability to target many strategic targets in Europe. The R-5M entered service on 21 May 1956 (retired in 1967), and in 1959 was installed at Vogelsang, Zehdenick and Fürstenberg/Havel in East Germany - the first Soviet nuclear missile bases outside of the USSR.

R-5 was additionally an oft-reported alternate designation for the Kaliningrad K-5 air-to-air missile.

Specification

 * Propellant liquid
 * Range 1200 km
 * Period of storage after fueling 1 hour
 * Time of preparation 2,5 hours
 * Guidance: inertial guidance plus radio command guidance

Operators

 * Soviet Army
 * Soviet Army