Sujet

Missile, Surface-to-Surface, SS-20 "Pioneer", ca. 1970s. Creator: Votkinsk Machine Building Plant.

Légende

The SS-20, known as the "Pioneer" in Russian, is a two-stage, solid propellant missile with three multiple targetable reentry warheads. The missile is almost 16.5 meters tall. The exterior of the first stage is yellow fiberglass with numbers and Cyrillic letters printed along the circumference. The letters and numbers are used as guides in the manufacturing process when the solid fuel is covered with fiberglass. Two thirds of the way up the missile are the letters "CCCP" and a yellow five-point star. The Votkinsk Machine Building Plant, USSR, constructed the missile for the exhibition at the National Air and Space Museum. Exhibition of this missile complies with the Intermediate Nuclear Forces agreement between the US and USSR that provided for the preservation of fifteen SS-20 and Pershing II missiles to commemorate the first international agreement to ban an entire class of nuclear arms exhibition. It does not contain fuel or any live components. The Ministry of Defense of the USSR donated the missile to the Smithsonian.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM21A88_224

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Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

133,6Mo (,0Ko) / 47,2cm x 70,9cm / 5580 x 8370 (300dpi)

Mots clés

technology education country space weapon weapons color war location century Russia Russian rocket concept spacecraft seventies warfare Colour 1970s Smithsonian Institution missile weaponry National Air and Space Museum Educational Institution 20th century air and space museum armaments scientific institution object Heritage Art NASM CRAFT-Missiles & Rockets Metal (steel?) fiberglass paint plastic Votkinsk Machine Building Plant JSC Votkinsk Machine Building Plant