title: R-46 (missile)
text: # R-46 (missile)
  
  The R-46 was an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) design by the Soviet Union during the Cold War.
  
  The R-46 concept was to launch a very large hydrogen bomb into orbit as a fractional orbital bombardment system (FOBS). The existence of the system was alluded to in a speech by then Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev in 1961. The design was not developed, however, and the FOBS concept was abandoned as part of SALT II.
  
  