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From 1960 to 1961 Korolev's design bureau worked on this single stage military rocket. The 25 tonne missile could hurl an 800 kg warhead over a 2300 km range. It was powered by a single-chamber engine using AK-270/TM-185 storable propellants. The rocket featured automatic guidance, instantaneous launch capability, and was air-transportable. Both mobile and fixed versions were designed, and the small missile was easy to camouflage. Korolev completed work in September 1961. A competing missile was selected for the requirement.
Payload: 800 kg. to a: 2300 km range trajectory. Total Mass: 25,000 kg.
From 1960 to 1961 Korolev's design bureau worked on the single stage 8K79 military rocket. The 25 tonne missile could hurl an 800 kg warhead over a 2300 km range. A competing missile was selected for the requirement. Korolev's MR was based on stages already designed for the 8K74 and 8K77 missiles. The three-stage space launch version of the rocket would have a total mass of 101 tonnes; an ICBM version would be composed of just the first and second stages, and an IRBM version from the first stage alone.