Rocket R16 Intercontinental ballistic missile, Rocket, angle, missile, weapons png Rocket R16 Intercontinental ballistic missile, Rocket, angle, missile, weapons png gray and yellow torpido illustration, Missile Nuclear weapon Bomb Icon, Military bomb, angle, white, explosion png;The first operational nuclear missile was the dualstage R16, which, along with its more advanced model the R16U, formed the backbone of the Soviet strategic missile force, with a total of 186The R16 was a new type of intercontinental ballistic missile the Russians had been developing In October 1960 a prototype was being prepared for a test launch at Baikonur under the personal supervisions of Marshal Nedelin, head of Soviet Rocket Forces
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