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Pioner
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Pioner
Pioner
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Russian intermediate range ballistic missile. Mobile solid propellant intermediate range multiple warhead ballistic missile. Seen as an enormous threat to NATO. 405 launchers deployed by 1987 when the missile was banned by the INF Treaty.

Status: Retired 1991. First Launch: 1974-09-21. Last Launch: 1985-06-18. Number: 7 . Gross mass: 37,000 kg (81,000 lb). Height: 16.50 m (54.10 ft). Diameter: 1.79 m (5.87 ft). Apogee: 500 km (310 mi).

Maximum range: 5,000 km (3,100 mi). Number Alternate Warheads: 1. Total Number Built: 765.

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15Zh45 Russian intermediate range ballistic missile. The missile was given a different DOD mod designation according to the number of warheads - Mod 1 for the single warhead version, Mod 2 for the triple warhead version.
15Zh53 Russian intermediate range ballistic missile. Development of a modernized version of the 15Zh45 IRBM began at the beginning of the 1980's. Flight trials either began in 1985 or were cancelled prior to their planned start in 1986. In 1988 the project was cancelled following the signature of the INF Treaty that banned intermediate range ballistic missiles. The missile (known to the Pentagon as both the SS-20 Mod 3 and the SS-28) would have had a range of 7500 km with a single warhead, or 5500 km with multiple warheads.

Compared to the Pioner-U it used a larger launch container, a larger MIRV bus with greater accuracy. The KB Minsk Auto Factory developed a lighter, more comfortable crew cabin - important on constant field deployments.

Family: IRBM. People: Nadiradze. Country: Russia. Launch Sites: Kapustin Yar, Kapustin Yar V-2. Stages: RD RT-21 (1), RD RT-21-2. Bibliography: 2, 475, 476.
1974 September 21 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. Launch Complex: Kapustin Yar V-2. LV Family: Temp-2S. Launch Vehicle: Pioner.
1975 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: Temp-2S. Launch Vehicle: Pioner.
1975 July 1 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: Temp-2S. Launch Vehicle: Pioner.
1976 January 9 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: Temp-2S. Launch Vehicle: Pioner.
1982 June 18 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: Temp-2S. Launch Vehicle: Pioner.
1985 May 22 - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: Temp-2S. Launch Vehicle: Pioner.
1985 June 18 - . 23:00 GMT - . Launch Site: Kapustin Yar. LV Family: Temp-2S. Launch Vehicle: Pioner.
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