SS-10 Scrag ICBM

scrag 01a.jpgGatland, Kenneth. Missiles and Rockets (1975), pages 26-27 (small, hi-res)

scrag 01b.jpgGatland, Kenneth. Missiles and Rockets (1975), pages 26-27 (large, hi-res)

scrag 01c.jpgGatland, Kenneth. Missiles and Rockets (1975), page 27

scrag 02.jpgTaylor, John W.R. Rockets and Missiles (1972), page 73

scrag 03a.jpgStine, G. Harry. ICBM (1991), plate between pages 196-197

scrag 03b.jpgStine, G. Harry. ICBM (1991), plate between page 246 (text only)

scrag 03c.jpgStine, G. Harry. ICBM (1991), plate between pages 140-141

scrag 04a.jpgHoward, William E. & James Baar. Spacecraft and Missiles of the World, 1966 (1966), page 41

scrag 04b.jpgHoward, William E. & James Baar, Spacecraft and Missiles of the World, 1966 (1966), page 47

scrag 04c.jpgHoward, William E. & James Baar, Spacecraft and Missiles of the World, 1966 (1966), page 48 (text only)

scrag 05a.jpgBaker, David, Ph.D. The Rocket (1978), page 193

scrag 05b.jpgBaker, David, Ph.D. The Rocket (1978), page 193 (text only)

scrag 05c.jpgBaker, David, Ph.D. The Rocket (1978), page 194

scrag 05d.jpgBaker, David, Ph.D. The Rocket (1978), page 228 (see below)

scrag 06.jpgMcGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Space (1968), page 76

scrag 07a.jpgPeebles, Curtis. Battle for Space (1983), page 64

scrag 07b.jpgPeebles, Curtis. Battle for Space (1983), page 66

scrag 07c.jpgPeebles, Curtis. Battle for Space (1983), page 67

scrag 08a.jpgBerman, Robert, and Bill Gunston. Rockets and Missiles of World War III (1983), page 73

scrag 08b.jpgBerman, Robert, and Bill Gunston. Rockets and Missiles of World War III (1983), page 89

scrag 09.jpgGunston, Bill. The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rockets and Missiles (1979), page 53

scrag 10.jpgBaker, David, Ph.D. Spaceflight and Rocketry: A Chronology (1996), page 180

Other Data

Baker, David, Ph.D. The Rocket (1978), page 228: The rest of the text, at the top of the next column, reads: “…diameter. Each stage was attached to its neighbour by a truss structure and a systems tunnel shroud connected to all three stages in a continuous cable run.”

Berman, Robert, and Bill Gunston. Rockets and Missiles of World War III (1983), page 68: A table notes that the SS-10 was created by Design Bureau 1 in 1957, it had its first flight test in 1964, and its development was terminated in 1966. If so, then what the Soviets showed all those years was obsolete almost as soon as it showed up. This is the only reference book I’ve found that says the SS-10 ever flew. Page 72: The SS-10 was a third-generation Soviet ICBM.

Von Braun, Wernher, and Frederick I. Ordway III. History of Rocketry and Space Travel (revised, 1969), page 141: Table gives length of Scrag as 120 feet, diameter 108 inches, liquid-fueled, 5,000 mi. range, three-stage ICBM. All figures were estimated.

Check Jane’s All the World’s etc. and issues of Aviation Week and Space Technology (at the appropriate dates) for more.