R-36 (missile) vs Scud missile: Specs Compared

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ABallistic missiles

R-36 (missile)

Intercontinental ballistic missile

BBallistic missiles

Scud missile

SRBM

First system

Second system

At a glance

Side by side

Length comparisonOne shared metre scale

R-36 (missile)Length

32.2 m

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Scud missileLength

11.25 m

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Lengths retain their source configuration and measurement scope.

R-36 (missile)larger figure on 2 of 2

Length+186%
Diameter+247%

Scud missilelarger figure on 0 of 2

None

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Measured figures

Head to head

15 of 19 rows sourced on both sides

32.2m

11.25m

Length+186%

All recorded figures & sources

32.2 m

Length

Single source

18.9 m

R-36-O

Single source

Configuration

Details

R-36 (missile) and Scud missile configuration
Specification	R-36 (missile)	Scud missile
Speed	—	Mach 5^[source]
Type	Intercontinental ballistic missile^[source]	SRBM^[source]
Place of origin	Soviet Union^[source]	Soviet Union^[source]
In service	1966–1979 (original variant) 1988–present (R-36M2 Voevoda variant)^[source]	1957–present (Scud A) 1964–present (Scud B) 1965–present (Scud C) 1989–present (Scud D)^[source]

Used by	Russian Strategic Rocket Forces^[source]	see Operators^[source]

Designed	From 1962^[source]	From 1950^[source]

Manufacturer	Factory: Yuzhny Machine-Building Plant Developer: Yuzhnoye Design Office^[source]	OKB Makeïev^[source]

Unit cost	$7,000,000^[source]	—

Warhead	Depending on variant (see variants). Newest (R-36M2), 10 × 550–750 kiloton MIRV warheads with a large amount of decoys and other penetration aids . Originally (R-36), 1 × 8–20 megaton warhead.^[source]	Conventional high-explosive, fragmentation, chemical VX warhead, thermonuclear^[source]

Engine	Two or three (R-36MUTTKH and R-36M2) liquid fueled rocket stages First Stage: 1x RD-251 (R-36) 1x RD-251P (R-36P) 1x RD-251M (R-36-O) 1x RD-264 (R-36M) 1x RD-264 (R-36MUTTKh and R-36M2) Second Stage: 1x RD-252 (R-36) 1x RD-252 (R-36P) 1x RD-0228 (R-36M) 1x RD-0255 (R-36MUTTKh) 1x RD-0255 (R-36M2) Third Stage: 1x RD-864 (R-36MUTTKh) 1x RD-869 (R-36M2)^[source]	Single-stage liquid-fuel^[source]

Propellant	N 2 O 4 / UDMH^[source]	—

Guidance system	Inertial, autonomous^[source]	Inertial guidance , Scud-D adds DSMAC terminal guidance^[source]

Accuracy	220–1,300 m CEP^[source]	3,000 m (9,800 ft) Scud A 450 m (1,480 ft) Scud B 700 m (2,300 ft) Scud C 50 m (160 ft) Scud D^[source]

Launch platform	Silo^[source]	MAZ-543 Mobile Launcher^[source]

Wars	—	Yom Kippur War , Iran–Iraq War , Gulf War , Afghan Civil War (1989–1992) , Yemeni Civil War (1994) , First Chechen War , Second Chechen War , Libyan Civil War , Syrian Civil War , Yemeni Civil War (2014–present) , Saudi Arabian-led intervention in Yemen , Second Nagorno-Karabakh War , 2026 Iran war^[source]