Model: Ikar. Intercontinental ballistic missile. Other Family: Cancelled. Country: Ukraine. Status: Cancelled 1991.
Ikar was Yuzhnoye's design for a heavy ICBM, a next-generation replacement for the R-36M2. Design was begun at the beginning of the 1990's under Stanislav Us. It may have used all-solid propellants, and nested rocket stages. Work was quickly dropped after the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Manufacturer: Yuzhnoye.
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