ABM-1 Galosh

A-350
An A-350 anti-ballistic missile launcher
Typeanti-ballistic missile (ABM)
Place of originSoviet Union
Service history
In servicePhase 1: 1972 A-350
Phase 2; 1974 A-350R
(Design 1962)
Phase 3: 1978 A-35M System
Used bySoviet Union
WarsCold War
Production history
ManufacturerTsNPO Vympel and NIIRP
A-35/A-35M Systems
Designer: K. B. Kisunko
A-350/A-350R Missiles
Designer: P. D. Grushin
Unit costunknown
Specifications
Mass32,700 kg
Length19,800 mm
Diameter2,570 mm
Wingspan6,000 mm
Warhead2–3 Megaton
A-350 thermonuclear weapon
Detonation
mechanism
unknown

Enginesolid fuel rocket motor (3)
w/ RD-O15T ramjet
First stage: 4 x solid rocket boosters 5S47[1]
Second stage: 5D22 liquid rocket[2]
Operational
range
320–350 km
Flight ceiling120 km exosphere
Flight altitudeunknown
Maximum speed Mach 4
Guidance
system
Radar Command guidance
Launch
platform
A-35 Aldan[3]

The A-350 GRAU 5V61[4] (NATO reporting name ABM-1 Galosh,[5] formerly SH-01) was a Soviet, nuclear armed surface-to-air anti-ballistic missile.[6] The A-350 was a component of the A-35 anti-ballistic missile system.[7] Its primary mission was to destroy U.S. Minuteman and Titan intercontinental ballistic missiles targeting Moscow.

The A-350 was introduced during the 1960s with mechanically steered semi-active radar guidance. It contained a high-yield nuclear warhead, comparable to the U.S. Nike Zeus.

The A-350R (NATO reporting name ABM-1B) was introduced with the advanced A-35M missile system and became operational during 1978. This system was tested at the Sary Shagan Launch Facility with five test flights during 1971, 1976, and 1977, with two more tests during 1993 and 1999.[8]

The next generation of missiles, introduced with the A-135 ABM System, were the 53T6 (1970s) and the 51T6 (1980s).[5]

  1. ^ Astronautix: 5S47 Solid Rocket Motor Archived 11 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 29 Dec 2011
  2. ^ Astronautix: 5D22 Solid Rocket Motor Archived 11 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 29 Dec 2011
  3. ^ astronautix.com: A-35 Archived 11 November 2011 at the Wayback Machine Accessed: 29 Dec 2011
  4. ^ "Some important Soviet solid fuel missiles". www.b14643.de.
  5. ^ a b "NATO Designation-systems Index: Soviet Anti-ballistic Missiles (ABM)". Retrieved 14 November 2014.
  6. ^ Wonderland.org: ABM-1 Archived 9 February 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  7. ^ "A-35". Encyclopedia Astronautica. Archived from the original on 18 July 2008. Retrieved 25 August 2008.
  8. ^ "Astronautix: Sary Shagan". Archived from the original on 27 December 2016. Retrieved 26 October 2020.