R-2 (missile)

R-2
R-2 missile at Korolev City of Moscow region
TypeTheatre ballistic missile
Short-range ballistic missile
Place of originUSSR
Service history
In service27 November 1951 – 1962
Used bySoviet Union
Production history
ManufacturerYuzhmash and OKB-1
Specifications
Mass19,632 kg
Length17.65 m
Diameter1.65 m
Wingspan3.60 m

EngineRD-101
PropellantLOX / Alcohol
Operational
range
576 km (358 mi)
Maximum speed 2175 m/s
Accuracy8 km[1]
R-1 and R-2 rockets

The R-2 (NATO reporting name SS-2 Sibling) was a Soviet short-range ballistic missile developed from and having twice the range as the R-1 missile (itself a copy of the German V-2). Developed from 1946-1951, the R-2 entered service in numbers in 1953 and was deployed in mobile units throughout the Soviet Union until 1962. A sounding rocket derivative, the R-2A, tested a prototype of the dog-carrying capsule flown on Sputnik 2 in 1957. The same year, the R-2 was licensed for production in The People's Republic of China, where it entered service as the Dongfeng 1.

  1. ^ Podvig, Pavel, ed. (2004). Russian Strategic Nuclear Forces. MIT Press. p. 119. ISBN 9780262661812.