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R-38

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Russian intercontinental ballistic missile. Small, economical ICBM studied by Yangel as an alternative to Chelomei's UR-100. Both one and two stage variants were considered. Work ended when Yangel was ordered to concentrate on R-36.

Status: Study 1962.

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Associated Countries

• Russia Russian Federation Space Systems More...

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See also

• ICBM

• Study Category of launch vehicles and spacecraft. More...

• missile Guided self-propelled military weapon (as opposed to rocket, an unguided self-propelled weapon). More...

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Associated Manufacturers and Agencies

• Yuzhnoye Ukrainian manufacturer of rockets, spacecraft, and rocket engines. Yangel Design Bureau, Dnepropetrovsk, Ukraine. More...

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Bibliography

• Pervov, Mikhail, Raketnoye Oruzhiye RVSN, Violanta, Moscow, 1999..

• Karpenko, A V, Utkin, A F and Popov,A D, Otechestvenniye strategischeskiye raketnoye kompleks, Sankt-Peterburg: Nevskii bastion; Gangut 1999..

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