It represented a quantum-jump in Russian rocketry, but was to some degree a manifestation of "brute force and ignorance" intended to provide a powerful launcher able to put the massive first-generation thermonuclear warhead into intercontinental trajectories.

The R-7/SS-6 Sapwood, the first Soviet intercontinental ballistic missile developed and programmed for operational deployment in the USSR, is a one and one-half stage, cryogenic liquid-propellant missile.

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To the West it was unknown until its launch (later it would get the NATO reporting name SS-6 Sapwood). In modified form, it launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit, and became the basis for the R-7 family which includes Sputnik, Luna, Molniya, Vostok, and Voskhod space launchers, as well as later Soyuz variants.

antitank guided missile, medium or long-range missile whose primary purpose is to destroy tanks and other armoured vehicles.

The Shaoshan 6 (Chinese: 韶山6) is a type of electric locomotive used on the People's Republic of China 's national railway system. This locomotive was the sixth Chinese electric main line locomotive, built by the Zhuzhou Electric Locomotive Works. The overall arrangement of SS6 is similar to SS3. [1] .