The R16 was a true firstgeneration intercontinental missile and a vast improvement over the largely experimental 'zeroth' generation R7 Semyorka The missile used a hypergolic bipropellant combination of unsymmetrical dimethylhydrazine (UDMH) fuel in combination with red fuming nitric acid (RFNA) oxidiser The Soviets initially deployed itThe R16/SS7 intercontinental ballistic missile is a twostage, tandem, storable liquidpropellant missile capable of delivering a single 3500 lb reentry vehicle to a maximum operational range of 7000 nm,or a 40 lb reentry vehicle to a range of 6000 nm The SS7 is about 100 feet long and 10 feet in diameter The missile guidance system was inertial with a CEP estimated by the West atThe R16 was the first successful intercontinental ballistic missile deployed by the Soviet Union In the West it was known by the NATO reporting name SS7 Saddler, and within Russia, it carried the GRAU index 8K64
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