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The Global Rocket 1 (GR-1) was a fractional orbital bombardment system intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed but not deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War. The system also was given the NATO reporting name SS-X-10 Scrag, and carried a Soviet industry designation of 8K713. A Minuteman III missile soars after a test launch. ... For the generic term for a high-tension struggle between countries, see cold war (war). ... NATO reporting names were code names for Soviet and Chinese military equipment. ...


Development

In 1961, faced with the prospect of development in the United States of a anti-ballistic missile (ABM) system to intercept conventional ICBMs, the Soviet Union began development of a fractional orbital bombardment system (FOBS) to defeat these interceptors. The concept was to include launching a missile into high orbit (150 km above the ground), from where a warhead coupld be dropped to its targets in a non-ballistic manner, and without giving away its target until final descent. Three Soviet design centers developed proposals for the system, with OKB-1 (S. P. Korolev) proposing the Global Rocket 1. An anti-ballistic missile (ABM) is a missile designed to counter intercontinental ballistic missiles: the strategic ballistic missiles used to deliver nuclear weapons or their elements in flight trajectory. ... S.P. Korolev Rocket and Space Corporation Energia (also known as RKK Energiya) is a Russian manufacturer of spacecraft and space station components. ... Sergey Pavlovich Korolyov (a. ...


The GR-1 was a liquid cryogenic propellant fuelled rocket which was intended to utilize the launch pads of the R-9 Desna which was being phased out of service. The project was cancelled in 1964 citing engine delays, a fate which became permanent for all of the FOBS designs with the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty which removed the need for such a weapon. The R-9A Desna was a Soviet ICBM. Fuel: kerosyne + oxygen Control system by NII-885 of N.A.Pilyugin and M.S.Ryazanski. ... The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty (or ABM treaty) was a treaty between the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile (ABM) systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons. ...


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Global Rocket 1 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (241 words)
The Global Rocket 1 (GR-1) was a fractional orbital bombardment system intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) developed but not deployed by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
The GR-1 was a liquid cryogenic propellant fuelled rocket which was intended to utilize the launch pads of the R-9 Desna which was being phased out of service.
The project was cancelled in 1964 citing engine delays, a fate which became permanent for all of the FOBS designs with the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty which removed the need for such a weapon.
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