Global Rocket 1
Encyclopedia
The Global Rocket 1 was a Fractional Orbital Bombardment System (FOBS) intercontinental ballistic missile
(ICBM) developed but not deployed by the Soviet Union
during the Cold War
. The system also was given the NATO reporting name
SS-X-10 Scrag, and carried a Soviet industry designation of 8K713.
of a anti-ballistic missile
(ABM) system to intercept conventional ICBMs, the Soviet Union began development of a fractional orbital bombardment system (FOBS) to defeat these interceptors. The concept was to include launching a missile into orbit (150 km above the ground), from where a warhead could be dropped to its targets in a non-ballistic manner, and without giving away its target until final descent. Three Soviet design centers developed proposals for the system, with OKB-1 (S. P. Korolev) proposing the Global Rocket 1.
The GR-1 was a liquid cryogenic propellant fuelled rocket which was intended to utilize the launch pads of the R-9 Desna
which was being phased out of service. The project was cancelled in 1964 citing engine delays, a fate which became permanent for all of the FOBS designs with the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
which removed the need for such a weapon.
.
Intercontinental ballistic missile
An intercontinental ballistic missile is a ballistic missile with a long range typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery...
(ICBM) developed but not deployed by the Soviet Union
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
during the Cold War
Cold War
The Cold War was the continuing state from roughly 1946 to 1991 of political conflict, military tension, proxy wars, and economic competition between the Communist World—primarily the Soviet Union and its satellite states and allies—and the powers of the Western world, primarily the United States...
. The system also was given the NATO reporting name
NATO reporting name
NATO reporting names are classified code names for military equipment of the Eastern Bloc...
SS-X-10 Scrag, and carried a Soviet industry designation of 8K713.
Development
In 1961, faced with the prospect of development in the United StatesUnited States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
of a anti-ballistic missile
Anti-ballistic missile
An anti-ballistic missile is a missile designed to counter ballistic missiles .A ballistic missile is used to deliver nuclear, chemical, biological or conventional warheads in a ballistic flight trajectory. The term "anti-ballistic missile" describes any antimissile system designed to counter...
(ABM) system to intercept conventional ICBMs, the Soviet Union began development of a fractional orbital bombardment system (FOBS) to defeat these interceptors. The concept was to include launching a missile into orbit (150 km above the ground), from where a warhead could be dropped to its targets in a non-ballistic manner, and without giving away its target until final descent. Three Soviet design centers developed proposals for the system, with OKB-1 (S. P. Korolev) proposing the Global Rocket 1.
The GR-1 was a liquid cryogenic propellant fuelled rocket which was intended to utilize the launch pads of the R-9 Desna
R-9 Desna
The R-9 was a two stage ICBM of the Soviet Union.Designed in 1959 and first tested in 1961, the R-9 was a great improvement over previous Soviet missile designs...
which was being phased out of service. The project was cancelled in 1964 citing engine delays, a fate which became permanent for all of the FOBS designs with the signing of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
The Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty was a treaty between the United States and the Soviet Union on the limitation of the anti-ballistic missile systems used in defending areas against missile-delivered nuclear weapons....
which removed the need for such a weapon.
Operator
: The Soviets cancelled the GR-1 before it entered operational service with the Strategic Rocket ForcesStrategic Rocket Forces
The Strategic Missile Troops or Strategic Rocket Forces of the Russian Federation or RVSN RF , transliteration: Raketnye voyska strategicheskogo naznacheniya Rossiyskoy Federatsii, literally Missile Troops of Strategic Designation of the Russian Federation) are a military branch of the Russian...
.