SS-7 'Saddler' Intercontinental
Ballistic Missile System

SS-7 'Saddler' Ballistic Missile

Designer:

Mikhail K. Yangel

Manufacturer:

OKB-586

Role:

Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

Generation:

1st
Soviet Designations:
     GRAU Designation:
     Rocket Designation:

 
8K64
R-16

Year Adopted:

1961

Operational Status:

Russia - Obsolete, phased out by 1976

Warheads:

1x 1.3 Megaton warhead, or
1x 5-6 Megaton warhead

Engine:

3x RD-68 engines, and
1x RD-851 Yuzhnoy Vernier engine
Fuel: UDMH (Heptyl)

Length:

30.4 meters

 (99.73 feet)

Width:

3 meters

 (9.84 feet)

Weight at Launch:

140.6  metric tons

 (138.4 tons)

Launch Type:

Hot Launched, Ground Based/Silo

Range:
     with 5-6 Megaton Warhead
     with 3 Megaton Warhead


11,000 kilometers
13,000 kilometers

  
(6835 miles)
(8077 miles)
CEP (Circular Probability of Error): 2700 meters (1.67 miles)

 

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